Meanings
plural coltsfoots · plural coltsfeet
- countableuncountableAn herbaceous plant, species Tussilago farfara, that grows in Europe and the Middle East; yellow coltsfoot.
The russet cliffs are wetted by a beck, and where the water runs, yellow coltsfoot grows.
2016, Sarah Perry, The Essex Serpent, Serpentʼs Tail (2017), page 179 - countableuncountableVarious flowering plants in the genus Petasites native to Europe or Asia.
- countableuncountableHomogyne alpina (alpine coltsfoot or purple colt's-foot).
Synonyms & antonyms
nountufted 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
nounperennial 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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishcoltisfote
- Englishcoltsfoot
From Middle English coltisfote, coltys fot, equivalent to colt + -s- + foot.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek βήχιον
- βήχιον (bḗkhion)Tussilago farfara
Arabic حَشِيشَة السُّعَال, دَوْسَة الْحِمَار
- حَشِيشَة السُّعَال (ḥašīšat as-suʕāl)Tussilago farfara
- دَوْسَة الْحِمَار (dawsat al-ḥimār)Tussilago farfara
- طَارِد السُّعَال (ṭārid as-suʕāl)Tussilago farfara
- فَرْفَرة (farfara)Tussilago farfara
Bulgarian по́дбел
- по́дбел (pódbel)Tussilago farfara
Catalan pota de cavall
- pota de cavallTussilago farfara
Chinese Mandarin 款冬
- 款冬 (kuǎndōng)Tussilago farfara
Czech podběl
- podbělTussilago farfara
Danish følfod
- følfodTussilago farfara
Dutch klein hoefblad
- klein hoefbladTussilago farfara
Finnish leskenlehti
- leskenlehtiTussilago farfara
French tussilage
- tussilageTussilago farfara
German Huflattich
- HuflattichTussilago farfara
Greek βήχιο
- βήχιο (víchio)Tussilago farfara
Hebrew טלף החמור
- טלף החמור (télef hakhamór)Tussilago farfara
Hungarian martilapu
- martilapuTussilago farfara
Icelandic hóffífill
- hóffífillTussilago farfara
Irish adhann, sponc
- adhannTussilago farfara
- sponcTussilago farfara
- sponclusTussilago farfara
- gallán greanchairTussilago farfara
Italian farfara, farfaro
- farfaraTussilago farfara
- farfaroTussilago farfara
- farfugioTussilago farfara
- tossilaggineTussilago farfara
- tussilaggineTussilago farfara
Japanese 蕗蒲公英
- 蕗蒲公英 (fuki tanpopo)Tussilago farfara
Korean 관동
- 관동 (gwandong)Tussilago farfara
Latin farfarus, bechion
- farfarusTussilago farfara
- bechionTussilago farfara
Norwegian Bokmål hestehov
- hestehovTussilago farfara
Polish podbiał, podbiał pospolity
- podbiałTussilago farfara
- podbiał pospolityTussilago farfara
Portuguese tussilagem, unha-de-cavalo
- tussilagemTussilago farfara
- unha-de-cavaloTussilago farfara
- unha-de-asnoTussilago farfara
Romanian podbeál
- podbeálTussilago farfara
Russian мать-и-ма́чеха, подбе́л
- мать-и-ма́чеха (matʹ-i-máčexa)Tussilago farfara
- подбе́л (podbél)Tussilago farfara
Scottish Gaelic cluas-liath, athan
- cluas-liathTussilago farfara
- athanTussilago farfara
Slovak podbeľ
- podbeľTussilago farfara
Spanish tusilago, fárfara
- tusilagoTussilago farfara
- fárfaraTussilago farfara
- pie de caballoTussilago farfara
- uña de caballoTussilago farfara
Swedish tussilago, hästhov
- tussilagoTussilago farfara
- hästhovTussilago farfara
Turkish devetabanı, kabalak
- devetabanıTussilago farfara
- kabalakTussilago farfara
- öksürük otuTussilago farfara
- deveşaplağıTussilago farfara
- kusutTussilago farfara
Ukrainian підбі́л
- підбі́л (pidbíl)Tussilago farfara
Welsh carn yr ebol, dail carn yr ebol
- carn yr ebolTussilago farfara
- dail carn yr ebolTussilago farfara
- dail troed yr ebolTussilago farfara
Cite this entry
coltsfoot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coltsfoot
“coltsfoot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coltsfoot. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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