taraxacum officinale
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- Eurasian plant widely naturalized as a weed in North America; used as salad greens and to make wineSynonyms: common dandelionTaraxacum ruderaliaType of dandelion, blowballParts dandelion green
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“taraxacum officinale” is listed under Dandelion.
Dan′de·li′on noun
Origin: F. dent de lion lion's tooth, fr. L. dens tooth + leo lion. See Tooth, noun, and Lion.
Botany 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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54