coltsfoot

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coltsfoot

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From Middle English coltisfote, coltys fot, equivalent to colt + -s- + foot.

noun coltsfoots · coltsfeet

  1. countable, uncountable An herbaceous plant, species Tussilago farfara, that grows in Europe and the Middle East; yellow coltsfoot. The russet cliffs are wetted by a beck, and where the water runs, yellow coltsfoot grows.
  2. countable, uncountable Various flowering plants in the genus Petasites native to Europe or Asia.
  3. countable, uncountable Homogyne alpina (alpine coltsfoot or purple colt's-foot).

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noun Tussilago farfara

Españoltusilago, fárfara, pie de caballo, uña de caballo
한국어관동 gwandong
日本語蕗蒲公英 fuki tanpopo
中文款冬 kuǎndōng
Portuguêstussilagem, unha-de-cavalo, unha-de-asno
Françaistussilage
DeutschHuflattich
Italianofarfara, farfaro, farfugio, tossilaggine, tussilaggine
Ελληνικάβήχιο víchio
Românăpodbeál
Русскиймать-и-ма́чеха matʹ-i-máčexa, подбе́л podbél
العربيةحَشِيشَة السُّعَال ḥašīšat as-suʕāl, دَوْسَة الْحِمَار dawsat al-ḥimār, طَارِد السُّعَال ṭārid as-suʕāl, فَرْفَرة farfara
עבריתטלף החמור télef hakhamór

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@misc{coltsfoot_2026,
  title = {coltsfoot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/coltsfoot},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}