dandelion
- noun
- /ˈdændɪˌlaɪən/
- From the somber darkness of Fahrenheit 451 to the gentle warmth of Dandelion Wine, his fiction runs the gamut.
- dandelion greens
- dandelion salad
- dandelion fluff
Thick clouds over the Gray house, spring wind, first night on the porch, dandelions white, close to the end of something.
- Thick clouds over the Gray house, spring wind, first night on the porch, dandelions white, close to the end of something.
- So vegetables like fresh salads and spinach, veggie juices, herbs like milk Thistle and dandelion.
- Radicchio, dandelion greens, greens, ginger, lemon, like these support the liver.
- And when I say dig dandelions, you don't pull them out, you dig down and you have to get the entire route or they'll come right back.
- Think high fiber and think stringy fiber like asparagus and celery, and also things like oats, dandelion greens.
Examples
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Little Gil and Aspen decorated her hair with dandelions and lilies.
Fiction book (2001) -
Look at the wild dandelions.
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Would you like a little dandelion wine?
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So really, really, really love fresh dandelion flower tea.
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A new cooking demonstration every hour, with all sorts of dandelion recipes.
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The grass is starred with dandelions and tiny, white English daisies.
Fiction book (1990) -
The homely golden faces of dandelions appeared here and there across the carpet of vines.
Fiction book (1995) -
Everywhere, spring toppled toward summer, dizzy scents and dandelion fluff reeling through the air.
Fiction book (1996) -
The most frequently encountered plant species were bramble (Rubus fruticosus), dandelion (Taraxacum agg.), and sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus).
Academic text (2012) -
In the spring, we often pick fresh dandelion leaves for our salads.
Synonyms
A common wild plant with yellow flowers and fluffy seed heads whose leaves are eaten in salads
A plant with yellow flowers and jagged leaves often eaten or seen as a weed
A dandelion from Europe and Asia that grows wild in North America with edible leaves and roots
A dandelion plant with thick roots that contain natural rubber
A group of wild plants with yellow flowers and round white seed heads like the common dandelion
A group of flowering plants that includes dandelions
Compounds
- Specialized
A small wild plant with yellow flowers that makes fluffy seed heads in spring
A small European plant with yellow flowers that blooms in the fall and is now common in North America
How Common
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word dandelion comes from the old French phrase dent de lion, which means 'lion's tooth'. The plant got this name because its leaves look like sharp teeth, so the origin helps you remember the dandelion's jagged leaves and bright yellow flower.