PUSSY'S-PAW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pussy's-paw mean? 

• PUSSY'S-PAW (noun)
  The noun PUSSY'S-PAW 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 America

  Familiarity information: PUSSY'S-PAW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUSSY'S-PAW (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's-paw" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Holonyms ("pussy's-paw" is a member of...):

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