Definition of "coltsfoot"

coltsfoot

noun
countable and uncountable, plural coltsfoots or coltsfeet
1. An herbaceous plant, species Tussilago farfara, that grows in Europe and the Middle East; yellow coltsfoot.
  Quotations
  The russet cliffs are wetted by a beck, and where the water runs, yellow coltsfoot grows.
  2016, Sarah Perry, The Essex Serpent, Serpentʼs Tail (2017), page 179
2. Various flowering plants in the genus Petasites native to Europe or Asia.
3. Homogyne alpina (alpine coltsfoot or purple colt's-foot).