dandelion
/ˈdæn.dɪˌlaɪ.ən//ˈdæn.dəˌlaɪ.ən/
dandelion noun: 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).
Noun
dandelion (countable and uncountable, plural dandelions)
- 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).
- the sanguine hue of the poppy and the hibiscus, the gold of the daisy and dandelion, the dark green of the sorrage on either side, and the blue and purple of the blossoming mulberry and sycamore1910, Joseph Richardson Parke, The Wizard of the Damavant: A Tale of the Crusades, page 151
- There are asexual variants among all sorts of creatures, including jellyfish, dandelions, lichens and lizards.2018 April 24, John Launer, “Do We Even Need Men?”, in Literary Hub
- The flower head or fruiting head of the dandelion plant.
- A yellow colour, like that of the flower.
Adjective
dandelion (not comparable)
- Of a yellow colour, like that of the flower.
dandelion meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Tagalog
dandelion in Hindi
- plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- डेंडिलियन ḍenḍiliyan
dandelion in Tamil
- plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- சீமைக் காட்டுமுள்ளங்கி cīmaik kāṭṭumuḷḷaṅki
dandelion in Malayalam
- plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- അപ്പൂപ്പൻതാടി appūppaṉtāṭi
dandelion in Tagalog
- plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- ngiping-leon, amargon
More languagesFewer languages
- dandelion in Arabic
- هِنْدِبَاء hindibāʔ, طَرْخَشْقُون ṭarḵašqūn, مُرّ murr
- dandelion in Malay
- dandelion, paliman
- dandelion in Indonesian
- bunga randa tapak
- dandelion in Persian
- قاصدک qâsedak
- dandelion in Thai
- แดนดี้ไลออน daendêelaion
- dandelion in Vietnamese
- bồ công anh
Examples of dandelion in a sentence
- Mother Nature interspersed the petunias with a few dandelions, but it was a pretty garden, anyway.
- The babies, giggled, smiled, and squidged dirt and dandelions between their fingers.
- There are asexual variants among all sorts of creatures, including jellyfish, dandelions, lichens and lizards.
Forms of dandelion
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Origin of dandelion
From Middle English dentdelyon, from Old French dent de lion (“lion's tooth”), also in Latin dēns leōnis, referring to the jagged shape of the plant's leaves. The term is now rare in French (together with liondent, calque from Germanic), but compare Spanish diente de león, Portuguese dente-de-leão, Italian dente di leone, German Löwenzahn, Norwegian Bokmål løvetann, Welsh dant y llew, all descendants, calques, or loan translations of the Latin term. First attested in the late 14th c. Displaced various words, including native Old English ǣġwyrt, native Middle English houndes-tooth, and English tell-time and swine's snout; and mostly displaced English cankerwort, monk's head, and pissabed.
Words formed from dandelion
- blue dandelion
- Bolander's mock dandelion
- dandelion and burdock
- dandelion clock
- dandelion coffee
- dandelion greens
- dandelionlike
- dandelion salad
- dandelion seed
- dandelion tea
- dandelion wine
- dandelion yellow
- desert dandelion
- dwarf dandelion
- fall dandelion
- false dandelion
- Italian dandelion
- Kazakh dandelion
- Russian dandelion
Phrases with dandelion
Questions about dandelion
- What does dandelion mean?
- Dandelion means 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).
- What is dandelion in Hindi?
- Dandelion in Hindi is डेंडिलियन (ḍenḍiliyan). See Dandelion meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dandelion?
- Dandelion can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce dandelion?
- Dandelion is pronounced /ˈdæn.dəˌlaɪ.ən/ (US).
- What is the plural of dandelion?
- The plural of dandelion is dandelions.
Words near dandelion in the dictionary
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