pussytoes

noun

pussy·​toes ˈpu̇-sē-ˌtōz 

variants or pussy's-toes

ˈpu̇-sēz-ˌtōz 

plural in form but singular or plural in construction

: any of a genus (Antennaria) of woolly or hoary chiefly temperate perennial composite herbs that have small usually whitish discoid flower heads and a pappus formed of club-shaped bristles

Word History

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined above