Definition of Kitten-tails

1. Noun. A plant of the genus Besseya having fluffy spikes of flowers.

Generic synonyms: Wild Flower, Wildflower
Group relationships: Besseya, Genus Besseya
Specialized synonyms: Alpine Besseya, Besseya Alpina

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kitten-tails

kitschiness
kitschy
kitskonstabel
kitskonstabels
kitsune
kitsunes
kitt
kittatinnyite
kitted
kitted out
kitteh
kittehs
kittel
kittels
kitten
kitten-tails (current term)
kitten heel
kitten heels
kittened
kittenhood
kittening
kittenish
kittenishly
kittenishness
kittenishnesses
kittenlike
kittens
kitteny
kittereen
kittie

Literary usage of Kitten-tails

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Flora of the Rocky Mountains and Adjacent Plains, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming by Per Axel Rydberg (1917)
"kitten-tails. Perennial herbs with rootstocks. Leaves mostly basal, with oblong or ovate, crenate blades and short petioles; stem-leaves reduced, alternate, ..."

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