(n) perennial herb with large rounded leaves resembling a colt's foot and yellow flowers appearing before the leaves do; native to Europe but now nearly cosmopolitan; used medicinally especially formerly, Syn. Tussilago farfara
(n) tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall, Syn. Galax urceolata, galaxy, beetleweed, coltsfoot, wandflower