pussytoe

noun

variants or pussy's toe

ˈ⸗⸗ˌ⸗

: a cat's-foot of the genus Antennaria

especially : a cat's foot (A. plantaginifolia) of eastern and central North America with foliage suggesting that of a plantain and usually crimson flower heads subtended by purple white-marked involucres

—usually used in plural

Word History

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined above

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