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dandelion
[ dan-dl-ahy-uhn ]
noun
- a weedy composite plant, Taraxacum officinale, having edible, deeply toothed or notched leaves, golden-yellow flowers, and rounded clusters of white, hairy seeds.
- any other plant of the genus Taraxacum.
dandelion
/ ˈæԻɪˌɪə /
noun
- a plant, Taraxacum officinale, native to Europe and Asia and naturalized as a weed in North America, having yellow rayed flowers and deeply notched basal leaves, which are used for salad or wine: family Asteraceae (composites)
- any of several similar related plants
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dandelion1
1505–15; < Middle French, alteration of dent de lion, literally, tooth of (a) lion, translation of Medieval Latin dēns leōnis, in allusion to the toothed leaves
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dandelion1
C15: from Old French dent de lion, literally: tooth of a lion, referring to its leaves
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“I always crave a roasted dandelion root tea every March,” Ziata said.
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In her home state of Kentucky, they pop up like dandelions.
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They originally thought they had found the tallest dandelion.
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In 2021, Ms Nicholson decided to "take back control" by getting a tattoo of a dandelion clock in the place her alopecia first began- to represent her hair "flying away".
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Kate reads not radar but dandelion fluff and the way wind ripples across wheat.
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