单词 | cat's-ear |
释义 | cat's-ear[ kats-eer ] / ˈkætsˌɪər / nounAlso called gosmore. any of several Old World composite plants of the genus Hypochaeris, having leaves in a rosette at the base and dandelionlike yellow or white flowers, especially H. radicata, naturalized as a weed in the western U.S. any western American plant of the genus Calochortus, of the lily family, as C. coeruleus or C. elegans, having white or bluish bell-shaped flowers. Origin of cat's-earFirst recorded in 1840–50 Words nearby cat's-earcat's-claw, cat's cradle, cat-scratch disease, cat-scratch fever, cat's cry syndrome, cat's-ear, cat's eye, cat's-foot, Catskill Mountains, catskinner, catslide Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for cat's-earcat's-ear nounany of various European plants of the genus Hypochoeris, esp H. radicata, having dandelion-like heads of yellow flowers: family Asteraceae (composites) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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