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Noun: lion's foot
  1. Common perennial herb widely distributed in the southern and eastern United States having drooping clusters of pinkish flowers and thick basal leaves suggesting a lion's foot in shape; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes
    "Lion's foot blooms dotted the woodland clearing";
    - gall of the earth, Nabalus serpentarius, Prenanthes serpentaria

Derived forms: lion's feet

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant

Part of: genus Nabalus, Nabalus

Encyclopedia: Lion's foot