Dandelion definition

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A brilliant to vivid yellow.
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Any of various perennial plants of the genus Taraxacum of the composite family, having many-rayed yellow flower heads and deeply notched basal leaves, especially T. officinale, native to Eurasia and naturalized as a weed in North America, having edible leaves and flower heads that can be used to make wine.
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Any of several plants (genus Taraxacum) of the composite family, common weeds with yellow flowers and jagged leaves often used as greens.
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The definition of a dandelion is a weed from the daisy family with yellow flowers.

A weed with bright yellow flowers that turn into white tufts that children blow into the wind and make a wish upon is an example of a dandelion.

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(countable) Any of the several species of plant in the genus Taraxacum, characterised yellow flower heads and notched, broad-ended leaves, especially the common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale).
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(countable) The flower head or fruiting head of the dandelion plant.
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(uncountable) A yellow colour, like that of the flower.

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Taraxacum officinale (syn. Taraxacum officinale subsp. vulgare), common dandelion. Found in many forms.
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Of a yellow colour, like that of the flower.
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Singular:
dandelion
Plural:
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Origin of dandelion

  • Middle English dent-de-lioun from Old French dentdelion from Medieval Latin dēns leōnis lion's tooth (from its sharply indented leaves) Latin dēns dent- tooth dent- in Indo-European roots Latin leōnis genitive of leō lion lion

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French dent-de-lion (“lion's tooth”), also in Late Latin dēns leōnis. The term has since died out in French (except in Swiss French), but compare Spanish diente de león, Italian dente di leone, Norwegian løvetann, Portuguese dente-de-leão, and also German Löwenzahn, all having the same literal meaning.

    From Wiktionary

Dandelion Sentence Examples

  • This corolla occurs in many composite plants, as in the florets of dandelion, daisy and chicory.

  • Contracted or shortened form(Capitulum), Daisy,Dandelion, Scabious.

  • The diet consists of natural plant material, for example dandelion, sow thistle, various herbs and red clover with occasional fruit.

  • How about even simpler, even more unassuming activities, such as having fun blowing a dandelion 's seeds into the air.

  • Some common weed plants, e.g. dandelion and thistle go through their life-cycle fairly quickly.

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