Dandelion Definition

dăndl-īən

dandelions

noun

dandelions

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

Webster's New World

A brilliant to vivid yellow.

American Heritage

Synonyms:

other

Taraxacum officinale (syn. Taraxacum officinale subsp. vulgare), common dandelion. Found in many forms.

Wiktionary

adjective

Of a yellow colour, like that of the flower.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Dandelion

Singular:

dandelion

Plural:

dandelions

From French dent-de-lion (“lion's tooth”), also in Late Latin dēns leōnis. The term has since died out in French (except in Swiss French), but compare Spanish diente de león, Italian dente di leone, Norwegian løvetann, Portuguese dente-de-leão, and also German Löwenzahn, all having the same literal meaning.

From Wiktionary
Middle English dent-de-lioun from Old French dentdelion from Medieval Latin dēns leōnis lion's tooth (from its sharply indented leaves) Latin dēns dent- tooth dent- in Indo-European roots Latin leōnis genitive of leō lion lion

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition