pussy : Idioms & Phrases

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Pussy willow

  • noun small willow of eastern North America having greyish leaves and silky catkins that come before the leaves
    Salix discolor.
  • noun much-branched Old World willow having large catkins and relatively large broad leaves
    goat willow; Salix caprea; florist's willow.
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  • (Bot.), any kind of willow having large cylindrical catkins clothed with long glossy hairs, especially the American Salix discolor; called also glaucous willow, and swamp willow.
Webster 1913

pussy's-paw

  • noun pink clusters of densely packed flowers on prostrate stems resemble upturned pads of cats' feet; grow in coniferous forests of western North America
    Spraguea umbellatum; pussy's-paw; Calyptridium umbellatum; pussy-paw.
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pussy-paw

  • noun pink clusters of densely packed flowers on prostrate stems resemble upturned pads of cats' feet; grow in coniferous forests of western North America
    Spraguea umbellatum; pussy's-paw; Calyptridium umbellatum; pussy-paw.
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pussy-paws

  • noun pink clusters of densely packed flowers on prostrate stems resemble upturned pads of cats' feet; grow in coniferous forests of western North America
    Spraguea umbellatum; pussy's-paw; Calyptridium umbellatum; pussy-paw.
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wood pussy

  • noun American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
    skunk; polecat.
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