n.
Pronunciation: ' dan-d ə - ˌ l ī - ə n, -d ē -
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English dendelyoun, from Anglo-French dent de lion, literally, lion's tooth
Date: 14th century
: any of a genus ( Taraxacum ) of yellow-flowered composite herbs with milky sap especially : one ( T. officinale ) sometimes grown as a potherb and nearly cosmopolitan as a weed
dandelion