DANDELION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dandelion mean? 

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

1. 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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DANDELION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

blowball; dandelion

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

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dandelion"):

common dandelion; Taraxacum officinale; Taraxacum ruderalia (Eurasian plant widely naturalized as a weed in North America; used as salad greens and to make wine)

kok-saghyz; kok-sagyz; Russian dandelion; Taraxacum kok-saghyz (perennial dandelion native to Kazakhstan cultivated for its fleshy roots that have high rubber content)

Holonyms ("dandelion" is a member of...):

genus Taraxacum; Taraxacum (an asterid dicot genus of the family Compositae including dandelions)

 Context examples 

You see that plant behind the animal; I suppose you thought it was a dandelion or a Brussels sprout—what?

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

How they ever grew up alive in that whirlpool of boys was a mystery to their grandma and aunts, but they flourished like dandelions in spring, and their rough nurses loved and served them well.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)