kangaroo-foot plant

kangaroo-foot plant
noun
sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs; Australia
Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
Member Holonyms: ↑Anigozanthus, ↑genus Anigozanthus

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noun

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  • Anigozanthus manglesii — kangaroo s foot kangaroo s foot n. A sedgelike spring flowering herb ({Anigozanthus manglesii}) of Australia, having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs. Syn: kangaroo paw, kangaroo foot plant, Australian sword lily, {Anigozanthus… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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