kangaroo's-foot
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- noun
- Australian
- The kangaroo's-foot thrives in sandy soil and sunny locations.
Examples
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Many Australian gardens feature the striking kangaroo's-foot with its unique fuzzy flowers.
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The kangaroo's-foot plant thrives in the Australian bush.
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She photographed a vibrant red kangaroo's-foot while hiking near Perth.
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I saw a beautiful kangaroo's-foot in the garden.
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Many Australian gardens feature the striking kangaroo's-foot with its unique fuzzy flowers.
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She photographed a vibrant red kangaroo's-foot while hiking near Perth.
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The kangaroo's-foot thrives in sandy soil and sunny locations.
Synonyms
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An Australian plant with soft, tube-shaped flowers often grown in gardens
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A group of Australian plants with woolly flowers on tall stems like kangaroo's paw
An Australian plant with long leaves and bright fuzzy flowers shaped like tubes
An Australian plant with fuzzy spring flowers shaped like a kangaroo's foot
An Australian plant that flowers in spring and has clumps of red and green furry flowers
A grasslike plant from Australia that flowers in spring with clusters of woolly flowers
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word kangaroo's-foot comes from Australia because the plant's long, fuzzy flowers look like a kangaroo foot, or 'paw'. That's why kangaroo's-foot names an Australian herb with woolly, paw-like flowers.