noun
dandelion
DAN-dih-leye-uhn
noun
1
A common weed with bright yellow flowers and jagged leaves that turns into a white puffball of seeds.
"The kids loved blowing the seeds off a dandelion."
"Dandelion greens can be eaten in salads."
How to Use Dandelion
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe common yellow-flowered weed whose seed heads turn into white puffballs.
Common pairings
dandelion seeds
dandelion greens
blow a dandelion
Word Forms
dandelions plural
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Etymology
From Old French dent de lion ("lion's tooth"), a reference to the plant's sharply toothed leaves — the same image survives in German Löwenzahn and Italian dente di leone.