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BLOWBALL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum having long tap roots and deeply notched leaves and bright yellow flowers followed by fluffy seed balls

Synonyms:

blowball; dandelion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("blowball" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blowball"):

common dandelion; Taraxacum officinale; Taraxacum ruderalia (Eurasian plant widely naturalized as a weed in North America; used as salad greens and to make wine)

kok-saghyz; kok-sagyz; Russian dandelion; Taraxacum kok-saghyz (perennial dandelion native to Kazakhstan cultivated for its fleshy roots that have high rubber content)

Holonyms ("blowball" is a member of...):

genus Taraxacum; Taraxacum (an asterid dicot genus of the family Compositae including dandelions)

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