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kangaroo's paw - sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs; Australia

Anigozanthus manglesii, Australian sword lily, kangaroo paw, kangaroo-foot plant, kangaroo's-foot

herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

Anigozanthus, genus Anigozanthus - genus of monocotyledonous plants with curious woolly flowers on sturdy stems above a fan of sword-shaped leaves; includes kangaroo's paw and Australian sword lily; sometimes placed in family Amaryllidaceae

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And there are plants that can spontaneously explode; a plant that Captain Cook mistook for hostile natives; a plant that lizards eat to counter snake bite poison; a flower that looks like a kangaroo's paw; plants that are made into huts, roofs, pipes and spoons; a plant that relies on a small moth for its survival.

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