|
|
Definition of Pussytoes
1. Noun. Low-growing perennial herb having leaves with whitish down and clusters of small white flowers.
Group relationships: Antennaria, Genus Antennaria
Specialized synonyms: Plantain-leaved Pussytoes, Field Pussytoes, Solitary Pussytoes, Mountain Everlasting
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Definition of Pussytoes
1. Noun. (plural of pussytoe) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pussytoes
1. [n]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pussytoes
| pusta pustas pustulant pustulants pustular pustulate pustulated pustulates pustulating pustulation |
Literary usage of Pussytoes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Weeds of the North Central States edited by Lloyd M. Wax, Richard S. Fawcett, Duane Isely (1999)
"... pussytoes (Antennaria plantaginifolia) p. 185 56. Leaves lanceolate, borne on
an erect stem; heads clean white, frequently in rather dense clusters. ..."
2. Kaskaskia Under the French Regime by Natalia Maree Belting (2003)
"In the early spring tiny primroses, pussytoes, and blue and white anemones were
the first to peep forth on the prairie, while in the woodland blossomed the ..."
3. Everyday Adventures by Samuel Scoville (1920)
"In a marsh by the ditch grew clumps of cotton-grass or pussytoes, each stem of
which bore a tuft of soft brown wool, like the down which a mother rabbit ..."
Other Resources:
