cat's-ear

cat's-ear

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various European plants of the genus Hypochoeris, esp H. radicata, having dandelion-like heads of yellow flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cat's-ear - any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears liliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber Calochortus, genus Calochortus - large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs
	2.	cat's-ear - European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears California dandelion, capeweed, gosmore, Hypochaeris radicata genus Hypochaeris, genus Hypochoeris, Hypochaeris, Hypochoeris - widely distributed genus of herbs with milky juice; includes some cosmopolitan weeds weed - any plant that crowds out cultivated plants