1. Perennial herb with large rounded leaves resembling a colt's foot and yellow flowers appearing before the leaves do; native to Europe but now nearly cosmopolitan; used medicinally especially formerly
   "Tussilago farfara flowers were among the first signs of spring";
   - coltsfoot

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant

Part of: genus Tussilago, Tussilago

Encyclopedia: Tussilago farfara