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    DANDELION

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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 ballsplay

    Synonyms:

    blowball; dandelion

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("dandelion" 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 "dandelion"):

    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 ("dandelion" is a member of...):

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

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