dandelion
Other forms: dandelions
A dandelion is a plant with bright yellow flowers that's considered a weed by many people. Others enjoy adding bitter dandelion greens to their salads.
While some lawn enthusiasts see dandelions as an enemy to be eradicated, they are actually in the daisy family and arguably just as pretty. After blooming, the flowers transition to seed, resulting in soft, round seed heads that you can blow into the air while making a wish. Historians believe that dandelions were brought to North America on the Mayflower and were valued for their medicinal and nutritional properties.
Definitions of dandelion
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any of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum having long tap roots and deeply notched leaves and bright yellow flowers followed by fluffy seed ballssynonyms: blowballtypes:Taraxacum officinale, Taraxacum ruderalia, common dandelionEurasian plant widely naturalized as a weed in North America; used as salad greens and to make wineRussian dandelion, Taraxacum kok-saghyz, kok-saghyz, kok-sagyzperennial dandelion native to Kazakhstan cultivated for its fleshy roots that have high rubber contenttype of:herb, herbaceous planta plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
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