dandelion
noun/ˈdændɪlaɪən/
/ˈdændɪlaɪən/
- a small wild plant with a bright yellow flower that becomes a soft white ball of seeds called a dandelion clockTopics Plants and treesc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryDandelion is used before these nouns:
- wine
Word Originlate Middle English: from French dent-de-lion, translation of medieval Latin dens leonis ‘lion's tooth’ (because of the jagged shape of the leaves).
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