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PUSSY-PAWS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pussy-paws mean? 

PUSSY-PAWS (noun)
  The noun PUSSY-PAWS has 1 sense:

1. pink clusters of densely packed flowers on prostrate stems resemble upturned pads of cats' feet; grow in coniferous forests of western North Americaplay

  Familiarity information: PUSSY-PAWS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PUSSY-PAWS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Pink clusters of densely packed flowers on prostrate stems resemble upturned pads of cats' feet; grow in coniferous forests of western North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Calyptridium umbellatum; pussy's-paw; pussy-paw; pussy-paws; Spraguea umbellatum

Hypernyms ("pussy-paws" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Holonyms ("pussy-paws" is a member of...):

genus Spraguea; Spraguea (small genus of usually perennial herbs having deep woody taproots and flower heads of umbels or cymes)


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