dandelion
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).
Other meanings
The flower head or fruiting head of the dandelion plant.
A yellow colour, like that of the flower.
A kind of
- herb
Kinds of dandelion
- common dandelion
Related words
- dandelionlike
- dwarf dandelion
- dandelion clock
- dandelion greens
- dandelion salad
- dandelion seed
- dandelion wine
- dandelion yellow
- dandelion and burdock
- dandelion coffee
- dandelion tea
- desert dandelion
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "dēns leōnis".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “dandelion” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.