any plant of the Australian genus Anigozanthos, resembling a kangaroo's paw, esp the red-and-green flowered A. manglesii, which is the floral emblem of Western Australia: family Haemodoraceae
Examples of 'kangaroo paw' in a sentence
kangaroo paw
A fine-textured maidenhair will grow no larger than 2ft; heftier varieties includestaghorn, rabbit's foot and kangaroo paw.