petasites

IPA: pˈɛtʌsaɪts

Root Word: Petasites

a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae, that are commonly referred to as butterbursMiller, Philip.

Examples of "petasites" in Sentences

Look, here is a very lovely parallelogram of green surrounded by petasites.
Another species, the Butter bur (_Tussilago petasites_), [120] is named from _petasus_, an umbrella, or a broad covering for the head.
Because of this it may be a good idea to avoid using herbs such as conifrey, borage, senecio, coltsfoot, boneset, and petasites during pregnancy and for infants and young children.
Leafy architectural statements like silvery cardoons, echiums, ornamental rhubarb and petasites fill the beds and borders with their pointed, jagged and dinner-plate-sized foliage.