| Noun | 1. | genus Spraguea - small genus of usually perennial herbs having deep woody taproots and flower heads of umbels or cymes caryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers family Portulacaceae, Portulacaceae, purslane family - family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas Calyptridium umbellatum, pussy-paw, pussy-paws, pussy's-paw, Spraguea umbellatum - pink clusters of densely packed flowers on prostrate stems resemble upturned pads of cats' feet; grow in coniferous forests of western North America |