DANDELION


Meaning of DANDELION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈdan-də-ˌlī-ən, -dē- ]

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

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