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US
/ˈkoʊɫtsˌfʊt/
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NOUN
- 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
- 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
How To Use coltsfoot In A Sentence
- Besides picking the more familiar lemon balm, coltsfoot and mullein, I found myself picking honeysuckle flowers for their antibacterial and antiviral properties.
- If you like spring flowers then there are primroses, coltsfoot, dogs mercury, wood sorrel and many other species.
- Even on a late February afternoon, spring flowers were already well in evidence, especially butterbur, coltsfoot, dog's mercury, barren strawberry and even the odd primrose.
- In the white noon among the rubble, let the snake warm itself on leaves of coltsfoot and in the silence let him coil in lustrous circles around useless gold. Powdered Sugar on Bare Skin
- It was also explained to the volunteers that in some species such as coltsfoot, flowers may close at night or in cloudy weather.
- However, orchard grass (called coltsfoot in English farming books) will grow down 4 or more feet while leaving a massive amount of decaying organic matter in the subsoil after the sod is tilled in. Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway
- Because of this it may be a good idea to avoid using herbs such as conifrey, borage, senecio, coltsfoot, boneset, and petasites during pregnancy and for infants and young children. THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE
- Linden, lobelia, coltsfoot, red clover, licorice, horehound, and wild cherry bark help to quiet a spasmodic cough but do not use these herbs to treat a productive cough that helps to clear the system. THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE
- Herbs for the Immune System: Echinacea, garlic, yarrow, and coltsfoot.
- I hear the pancake bell, "said Poor Richard in his almanack, 1684; alluding to pancakes then made with Coltsfoot, like tansies, and fried with saged butter. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure