dandelion

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

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Singular
dandelion

Plural
countable and uncountable; dandelions

dandelion (countable and uncountable; plural dandelions)
  1. (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).
  2. (countable) The flower head or fruiting head of the dandelion plant.
  3. (uncountable, color) A yellow colour, like that of the flower.
    dandelion colour:    

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dandelion

  1. (color) of a yellow colour, like that of the flower.

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A dandelion in flower
A dandelion in flower
A seeding dandelion
A seeding dandelion
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