noun
pink clusters of densely packed flowers on prostrate stems resemble upturned pads of cats' feet; grow in coniferous forests of western North America
• Syn: ↑pussy-paws, ↑pussy's-paw, ↑Spraguea umbellatum, ↑Calyptridium umbellatum
• Hypernyms: ↑wildflower, ↑wild flower
• Member Holonyms: ↑Spraguea, ↑genus Spraguea
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noun also pussy's-paw \\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ : a Californian herb (Calyptridium umbellatum) of the family Portulacaceae with a scapose spike of pink or white flowers rising from a dense rosette of leaves — usually used in plural
Useful english dictionary. 2012.