kangaroo paw
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named for the shape of the unopened flower (lower left in picture), which resembles the paws of a kangaroo.
Noun[edit]
kangaroo paw (plural kangaroo paws)
- Any of various perennial flowering plants of the family Haemodoraceae, endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.
- 1984, Helen Garner, Yellow Notebook: Diaries 1978–1987, Text Publishing 2022, p. 118:
- Spring flowers everywhere—freesias in throng, and startling growths of kangaroo paw with its dark red, vividly red stalks.
- 1984, Helen Garner, Yellow Notebook: Diaries 1978–1987, Text Publishing 2022, p. 118:
References[edit]
kangaroo paw on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Haemodoraceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Haemodoraceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons