Search Result for "taraxacum_officinale":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. Eurasian plant widely naturalized as a weed in North America; used as salad greens and to make wine;
[syn: common dandelion, Taraxacum ruderalia, Taraxacum officinale]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dandelion \Dan"de*li`on\, n. [F. dent de lion lion's tooth, fr. L. dens tooth + leo lion. See Tooth, n., and Lion.] (Bot.) A well-known plant of the genus Taraxacum (Taraxacum officinale, formerly called Taraxacum Dens-leonis and Leontodos Taraxacum) bearing large, yellow, compound flowers, and deeply notched leaves. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Taraxacum officinale n 1: Eurasian plant widely naturalized as a weed in North America; used as salad greens and to make wine [syn: common dandelion, Taraxacum ruderalia, Taraxacum officinale]