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COMMON DANDELION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does common dandelion mean? 

COMMON DANDELION (noun)
  The noun COMMON DANDELION has 1 sense:

1. Eurasian plant widely naturalized as a weed in North America; used as salad greens and to make wineplay

  Familiarity information: COMMON DANDELION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COMMON DANDELION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Eurasian plant widely naturalized as a weed in North America; used as salad greens and to make wine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

common dandelion; Taraxacum officinale; Taraxacum ruderalia

Hypernyms ("common dandelion" is a kind of...):

blowball; dandelion (any of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum having long tap roots and deeply notched leaves and bright yellow flowers followed by fluffy seed balls)

Meronyms (parts of "common dandelion"):

dandelion green (edible leaves of the common dandelion collected from the wild; used in salads and in making wine)

dandelion green (the foliage of the dandelion plant)


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