pussytoes

pussytoes
puss·y·toes (po͝osʹē-tōz') pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
Any of several low-growing perennial plants of the genus Antennaria, having leaves with whitish down and clusters of small white flower heads.
  [From the cluster's resemblance to a cat's paw.]

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