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kangaroo paw
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kangaroo paw
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any plant of the Australian genus Anigozanthos, resembling a kangaroo's paw, esp the red-and -green flowered A.manglesii, which is the floral emblem of Western Australia: family Haemodoraceae
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Noun1.kangaroo paw - sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs; Australia
Anigozanthus manglesii, Australian sword lily, kangaroo's paw, kangaroo's-foot, kangaroo-foot plant
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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Kangaroo paws (Anigozanthos hybrids): These are beginning to show up in more and more local landscapes.
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