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Definition of Pussy-paws
1. Noun. Pink clusters of densely packed flowers on prostrate stems resemble upturned pads of cats' feet; grow in coniferous forests of western North America.
Generic synonyms: Wild Flower, Wildflower
Group relationships: Genus Spraguea, Spraguea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pussy-paws
| pussifies pussify pussifying pussley pussleys pusslies pusslike pussly |
Literary usage of Pussy-paws
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New York Teachers' Monographs by Sidney Marsden Fuerst (1905)
"What is there in pussy's paws to enable her to hold it? "Claws." Has any little
boy or girl ever been scratched by pussy's claws? "Yes. ..."
2. The Yosemite Valley: Its History, Characteristic Features, and Theories by Galen Clark (1910)
"It flowers in dense spikes of a rose color, growing in a bunch much resembling
a kitten's foot, hence the name "pussy's paws. ..."
3. A Flora of Western Middle California by Willis Linn Jepson (1911)
"PUSSY PAWS. Radical leave« spatulate in a dense rosette; peduncles 1 to 7 in.
high; sepals wholly scarious or with a mere greenish center, emarginate at ..."
4. Zoe: A Biological Journal by Townshend Stith Brandegee, Katharine Layne Brandegee (1891)
"... umbellata known as " pussy paws " is abundant on the floor of the valley
towards the lower end. Its flowers, which vary from nearly white to deep pink, ..."
5. The Mother's Assistant and Young Lady's Friend by William C. Brown (1843)
"The owl allows the sparrow to eat from the same dish, without offering to devour
him ; while the mice caper directly under pussy's paws, and the starling ..."
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