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dandelion
/ˈdæn.dəˌlaɪ.ən/
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What does dandelion mean?
noun
- Any of the several species of plant in the genus Taraxacum, characterised by yellow flower heads and notched, broad-ended leaves, especially the common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale).
- The flower head or fruiting head of the dandelion plant.
- A yellow colour, like that of the flower.
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adjective
- Of a yellow colour, like that of the flower.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈdæn.dəˌlaɪ.ən/
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FLORETS.—Flowers imperfectly developed in some respects, and collected into a dense spike or head, as in the Grasses, the Dandelion, &c.
My brother, in his reply, pointed out that the common dandelion was hardly a sufficient rarity to warrant its being transplanted.
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The dandelion is especially favoured as an oracle of children, and of those who are but "children of a larger growth."
Chicoree flew down in the grass almost under Peter's nose and began to pull apart a dandelion which had gone to seed.
The note of the chickadee sounds now more distinct, as you wander amid the old trees, and the autumnal dandelion is half-closed and tearful.