pussytoes

puss·y·toes  (ps-tz)

pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

Any of several low-growing perennial plants of the genus Antennaria, having leaves with whitish down and clusters of small white flower heads.

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[From the cluster's resemblance to a cat's paw.]

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Noun

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pussytoes - low-growing perennial herb having leaves with whitish down and clusters of small white flowers Antennaria dioica, cat's feet, cat's foot Antennaria, genus Antennaria - small woolly perennial herbs having small whitish discoid flowers surrounded by a ring of club-shaped bristles plantain-leaved pussytoes - a variety of pussytoes field pussytoes - a variety of pussytoes solitary pussytoes - a variety of pussytoes mountain everlasting - a variety of cat'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