genus petasites genus pertusaria • genus petaurista · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · genus petasites · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 15 · · Length 6 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) genus of rhizomatous herbs of north temperate regions: butterbur; sweet coltsfoot. Synonyms: Petasites, genus Petasites. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · space U+0020 a latin small letter a U+0061 e latin small letter e U+0065 g latin small letter g U+0067 i latin small letter i U+0069 n latin small letter n U+006E p latin small letter p U+0070 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074 u latin small letter u U+0075