Definition of "cat's-ear" []

• A plant of the genus Hypochæris, weedy chicory-like composites of Europe: so called from the shape of the leaves. The name is also applied to Gnaphalium dioicum. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Every now and then he found it necessary to reconnoiter a place and call back late at night swathed in black, hooded with a cat's-ear hood, and armed with sword and dagger."
• "In the warm afternoon sunshine bees still hum among the browning heather; brambles still bear a few darkly purple berries, remains of umbellifers stand dry and starkly angular, but the bright yellow cat's-ear still flowers along the margins of the path."