̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈpōdēəm noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin leontopodion, a plant, lion's-foot, from Greek, from leont-, leōn lion + -podion -podium
: a small genus of herbs (family Compositae) that are natives of mountainous regions of Eurasia and So. America and have small discoid flower heads much exceeded by the white woolly black-tipped bracts