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OLTSFOOT. . Class 19,. Order:. The odd name Coltsfoot was given from the fancied resemblance of the leaves to a colt’s foot, and from the same cause it has been called, Horse-hoof, Foal-foot, and Bull-foot. The Latin name Tussilago Farfarus is from tussis, a cough, from its supposed efficacy in curing such complaints, and farfarus, a Greek term for the White Poplar, the leaves of which it resembles. Tinder is made from the cottony down on the under surface of its leaves, and they are sometimes smoked instead of tobacco.