pussy-paw

noun

variants or less commonly 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

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