dan·de·li·on (d n dl-   n)n. 1. A Eurasian plant (Taraxacum officinale) of the composite family having many-rayed yellow flower heads and deeply notched basal leaves. Widely naturalized as a weed in North America, it is used in salads and to make wine. 2. Any of several similar or related plants. 3. A brilliant to vivid yellow. [Middle English dent-de-lioun, from Old French dentdelion, from Medieval Latin d  ns le nis, lion's tooth (from its sharply indented leaves) : Latin dns, dent-, tooth; see dent- in Indo-European roots + Latin lenis, genitive of le, lion; see lion.]Word History: Dent-de-lioun, the Middle English form of dandelion, makes it easy to see that our word is a borrowing of Old French dentdelion, literally, "tooth of the lion," referring to the sharply indented leaves of the plant. Modern French dent-de-lion, unlike Modern English dandelion, reveals to anyone who knows French what the components of the word are. The English spelling reflects the pronunciation of the Old French word at the time it was borrowed into English. The t in dentdelion probably disappeared early in Old French, having been absorbed into the related sound of the d. The earliest recorded instance of the word occurs in an herbal written in 1373, but we find an instance of dandelion used in a proper name (Willelmus Dawndelyon) in a document dated 1363. |   common dandelion Taraxacum officinale |
dandelion [ˈdændɪˌlaɪən]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a plant, Taraxacum officinale, native to Europe and Asia and naturalized as a weed in North America, having yellow rayed flowers and deeply notched basal leaves, which are used for salad or wine: family Asteraceae (composites)
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several similar related plants
[from Old French dent de lion, literally: tooth of a lion, referring to its leaves]
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| Noun | 1. |  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 ballsgenus Taraxacum, Taraxacum - an asterid dicot genus of the family Compositae including dandelions 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 herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests |
Translations
dandelion
n → Löwenzahn m
n dandelion [ˈdӕndilaiən]
a kind of common wild plant with jagged leaves and a yellow flower. perdeblom هِنْدِباء بَرِّيَّه глухарче pampeliška løvetand; mælkebøtte der Löwenzahn αγριοράδικο diente de león võilill قاصدک voikukka pissenlit שֵׁן הָאֲרִי कुकरौंधा, सिंहपर्णी maslačak gyermekláncfű dandelion fífill tarassaco タンポポ 민들레 pienė pienene tumbuhan berbunga kuning pekat paardebloem løvetann mlecz dente-de-lião păpădie одуванчик púpava regrat maslačak maskros ต้นไม้จำพวกหนึ่งมีใบหยิกดอกสีเหลือง karahindiba 蒲公英 кульбаба شیر دنداں cây bồ công anh 蒲公英
dandelion → نبات الهندباء البرية pampeliška løvetand Löwenzahn πικραλίδα diente de león voikukka pissenlit maslačak dente di leone タンポポ 민들레 paardenbloem løvetann mniszek lekarski dente-de-leão одуванчик maskros พันธุไม้ชนิดหนึ่งใบหยิกมีสีเหลือง kara hindiba cây bồ công anh 蒲公英
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