1. tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall • Syn: galax, galaxy, wandflower, beetleweed, Galax urceolata • Hypernyms: herb, herbaceous plant • Member Holonyms: genus Galax 2. perennial herb with large rounded leaves resembling a colt's foot and yellow flowers appearing before the leaves do; native to Europe but now nearly cosmopolitan; used medicinally especially formerly • Syn: Tussilago farfara • Hypernyms: herb, herbaceous plant • Member Holonyms: Tussilago, genus Tussilago