kangaroo's-foot

Questions about kangaroo's-foot

What does kangaroo's-foot mean?

kangaroo's-foot means "sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs; Australia".

How many syllables are in kangaroo's-foot?

kangaroo's-foot has 4 syllables: kan-ga-roo's--foot. The stress falls on "ga".

What is another word for kangaroo's-foot?

Close synonyms include kangaroo paw, kangaroo's paw, kangaroo-foot plant, Australian sword lily, Anigozanthus manglesii. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is kangaroo's-foot a common word?

kangaroo's-foot is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.