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dandelion definition

dan·de·lion (dan′də lī′ən; widely, -līn′)

noun

any of several plants (genus Taraxacum) of the composite family, common weeds with jagged leaves, often used as greens, and yellow flowers

Etymology: ME dentdelyon < OFr dent de lion, lit., tooth of the lion < L dens (gen. dentis), tooth + de, of + leo, lion: so called from the jagged leaves

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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