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cat's-ear

Definitions of cat's-ear
  1. noun
    any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears
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    type of:
    liliaceous plant
    plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
  2. noun
    European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears
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    type of:
    weed
    any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
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