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dandelions

dandelions is the plural of dandelion.

Meaning of dandelion

Noun

dandelion (countable and uncountable, plural dandelions)

  1. (countable) 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
  2. (countable) The flower head or fruiting head of the dandelion plant.
  3. (uncountable) A yellow colour, like that of the flower.

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Questions about dandelions

What is dandelions the plural of?
Dandelions is the plural of dandelion.

Words near dandelions in the dictionary

  1. dandelion wine
  2. dandelion wines
  3. dandelion yellow
  4. dandelion yellows
  5. dandelionlike
  6. dandelions
  7. Dandenong
  8. Dandenong North
  9. Dandenong South
  10. dander
  11. dandere

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