mule-ears

mule-ears
/myoohl"earz'/, n., pl. mule-ears. (used with a sing. or pl. v.)
any of several composite plants of the genus Wyethia, of the western U.S., having large leaves and broad flower heads with yellow rays.
Also, mule's-ears.

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