/dan"dl uy'euhn/ , n.
1. a weedy composite plant, Taraxacum officinale, having edible, deeply toothed or notched leaves, golden-yellow flowers, and rounded clusters of white, hairy seeds.
2. any other plant of the genus Taraxacum.
[ 1505-15; dent de lion, lit., tooth of (a) lion, trans. of ML dens leonis, in allusion to the toothed leaves ]