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dandelion en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈdæn.dɪˌlaɪ.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• /ˈdæn.dəˌlaɪ.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈdæn.diˌlaɪ.ən/ (General-American)
• /ˈdæn.dəˌlaɪ.ən/ (General-American)
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Etymology

From Middle English dentdelyon, from Old French dent de lion (“lion's tooth”), also in Latin dēns leōnis, referring to the jagged shape of the plant's leaves. The term is now rare in French (together with liondent, calque from Germanic), but compare Spanish diente de león, Portuguese dente-de-leão, Italian dente di leone, German Löwenzahn, Norwegian Bokmål løvetann, Welsh dant y llew, all descendants, calques, or loan translations of the Latin term. First attested in the late 14th c. Displaced various words, including native Old English ǣġwyrt, native Middle English houndes-tooth, and English tell-time and swine's snout; and mostly displaced English cankerwort, monk's head, and pissabed.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of a yellow colour, like that of the flower.

Relateds

goatsbeard · oxtongue · hawk's beard · pissabed · kok-saghyz · clock · Taraxacum

Translations (15)

pl żółty (of a yellow colour) · de löwenzahnfarbig (of a yellow colour) · sl rumen (of a yellow colour) · vo tarakaflorakölik (of a yellow colour) · es leonado (of a yellow colour) · sl rumena (of a yellow colour) · de löwenzahngelb (of a yellow colour) · no løvetann (of a yellow colour) · da løvetand (of a yellow colour) · hu pitypangsárga (of a yellow colour) · fi voikukankeltainen (of a yellow colour) · da mælkebøtte (of a yellow colour) · es aleonado (of a yellow colour) · fr pissenlit (of a yellow colour) · vo tarakaflorayelovik (of a yellow colour)

dandelion en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdæn.dɪˌlaɪ.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /ˈdæn.dəˌlaɪ.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈdæn.diˌlaɪ.ən/ (General-American)
• /ˈdæn.dəˌlaɪ.ən/ (General-American)
• (Australia) audio
• (UK) audio

Etymology

From Middle English dentdelyon, from Old French dent de lion (“lion's tooth”), also in Latin dēns leōnis, referring to the jagged shape of the plant's leaves. The term is now rare in French (together with liondent, calque from Germanic), but compare Spanish diente de león, Portuguese dente-de-leão, Italian dente di leone, German Löwenzahn, Norwegian Bokmål løvetann, Welsh dant y llew, all descendants, calques, or loan translations of the Latin term. First attested in the late 14th c. Displaced various words, including native Old English ǣġwyrt, native Middle English houndes-tooth, and English tell-time and swine's snout; and mostly displaced English cankerwort, monk's head, and pissabed.

Meanings

1. (countable) Any of the several species of plant in the genus Taraxacum, characterised by yellow flower heads and notched, broad-ended leaves, especially the common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale).
   • the sanguine hue of the poppy and the hibiscus, the gold of the daisy and dandelion, the dark green of the sorrage on either side, and the blue and purple of the blossoming mulberry and sycamore 1910, Joseph Richardson Parke, The Wizard of the Damavant: A Tale of the Crusades, page 151:
   • There are asexual variants among all sorts of creatures, including jellyfish, dandelions, lichens and lizards. 2018 April 24, John Launer, “Do We Even Need Men?”, in Literary Hub:
2. (countable) The flower head or fruiting head of the dandelion plant.
3. (uncountable) A yellow colour, like that of the flower.

Forms

Deriveds

dandelion clock · desert dandelion · dandelion coffee · dandelion greens · dandelion wine · dandelion yellow · dandelion seed · dandelion and burdock · false dandelion · Russian dandelion · blue dandelion · Bolander's mock dandelion · dandelion salad · dandelion tea · fall dandelion · Italian dandelion · dandelionlike · Kazakh dandelion · dwarf dandelion

Hyponyms

the endangered California dandelion · Taraxacum kok-saghyz · Russian dandelion · red-seeded dandelion · Taraxacum erythrospermum · Japanese dandelion. No ring of smallish · Taraxacum laevigatum · a white-flowering Japanese dandelion · Taraxacum albidum · achenes reddish brown and leaves deeply cut throughout length. Inner bracts' tips are hooded. · Taraxacum californicum · which produces rubber · common dandelion. Found in many forms. · Taraxacum officinale · often considered a variety of Taraxacum laevigatum · downward-turned leaves under the flowerhead · Taraxacum japonicum

Translations (169)

ast cardeña (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · shi ⴰⵡⵊⴹⵉⵎ (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · ta சீமைக் காட்டுமுள்ளங்கி (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · tr radika (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · bg глухарче (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · mi tohetake (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · sl regrat (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · gd fiacaill-leòmhainn (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · gsw Chrottepösche (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · ast xiblata (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · kw dans lew (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · bua нямняахай (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · ja たんぽぽ (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · oc gravèl (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · mn ᠪᠠᠭᠪᠠᠬᠠᠶ ᠴᠡᠴᠡᠭ (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · cy dant y llew (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · yue 蒲公英 (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · vo tarakafloraköl (color of a dandelion flower, dandelion color, dandelion yellow) · eo leontodo (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · nog маьметекей (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · pl mniszek (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · mi tawao (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · da løvetand (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · wa såvaedje cécoreye (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · vo tarakaflorayelov (color of a dandelion flower, dandelion color, dandelion yellow) · tr aslan dişi (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · gd bior nam Brìde (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · alt ак баш (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · pl podbiał (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · inh баппа (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · izh maitokukka (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · ce баппа (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · tk tozga (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · yi לופֿטל (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · tt тузганак (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · ltg pīnine (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · de Hundeblume (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · mi tohetaka (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · kum елпинчек (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · be адува́нчык (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · lv pienene (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · pdt Schlangenbloom (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · ml അപ്പൂപ്പൻതാടി (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · tg коқу (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · mk млечајка (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · av хӏамагага (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · nrf dent-de-lion (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · it dente di leone (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · ii ꃮꃀꋙꈌ (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · ar مُرّ (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · el αγριοραδίκι (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · ota هندبا (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · gsw Sunnewirbel (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · ang ǣġwyrt (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · he מרגנית (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · et võilill (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · ast cardencha (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · gd caisearbhan nam muc (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · ast llechón (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · vi bồ công anh (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · eu sorgin-belar (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · ug مامكاپ (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · hu pitypang (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · crk osâwâpikones (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · uz qoqigul (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · id bunga randa tapak (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · fa قاصدک (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · es color aleonado (color of a dandelion flower, dandelion color, dandelion yellow) · de Seichblume (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · hu gyermekláncfű (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · mk млечка (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · wa pixhelét (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · ga caisearbhán (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · lt kiaulpienė (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · de Butterblume (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · ro păpădie (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · tl amargon (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · fr pissenlit (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · uk кульба́ба (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · shi ⵡⴰⵡⵊⴹⵎ (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · fr dent-de-lion (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · cs pampeliška (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · de Löwenzahn (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · nb løvetann (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · da mælkebøtte (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · ca dent de lleó (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · ast tarriellu (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · he שינן (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · fo tyrilshattur (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · gl mexacán (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · yi בלעזערל (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · gsw Loiezaa (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · nrf pissenlît (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · kk бақбақ (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · sh масла́чак (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · es color leonado (color of a dandelion flower, dandelion color, dandelion yellow) · fi voikukka (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · it soffione (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · be дзьмуха́вец (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · sk púpava (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · hi डेंडिलियन (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · ms paliman (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · fo hagasólja (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · hy խատուտիկ (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · pt dente-de-leão (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · ka ბაბუაწვერა (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · ko 민들레 (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · bua нямняа сэсэг (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · tr karahindiba (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · lld pulëntes (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · vo tarakaflor (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · ms dandelion (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · de Kuhblume (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · pl mlecz (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · th แดนดี้ไลออน (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · ms ڤليمن (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · gsw Söiblueme (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · lb Pissblumm (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · pl kolor mniszka (color of a dandelion flower, dandelion color, dandelion yellow) · sh masláčak (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · sq luleradhiqe (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · ar طَرْخَشْقُون (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · dar къакъажужу (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · es diente de león (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · uz qoqi (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · de Pusteblume (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · crk ᐅᓵᐋᐧᐱᑯᓀᐢ (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · mn багваахай цэцэг (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · wa dint-d'-liyon (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · ar هِنْدِبَاء (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · rsk гушатково квеце (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · sv maskros (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · fi voikukankeltainen (color of a dandelion flower, dandelion color, dandelion yellow) · eo leondento (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · ky каакым (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · is fífill (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · es diente leonés (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · az zəncirotu (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · ru одува́нчик (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · oc dent de leon (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · fr baraban (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · ota كونهیك (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · mk глуварче (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · uz momaqaymoq (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · tl ngiping-leon (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · cmn 蒲公英 (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · rsk гушаткова трава (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · la aphaca (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · de Löwenzahngelb (color of a dandelion flower, dandelion color, dandelion yellow) · fo várhagasólja (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · he סביון (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · lb Bettseechesch (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · vo tarak (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · eu txikoria-belar (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · hur qwáyúwél (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · gl dente-de-león (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · gd beàrnan-Brìde (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · rsk лампащик (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · eu mando-belar (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · nl paardenbloem (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · jv pakliman (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · nn løvetann (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · am ዳንዴሊዮን (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · uz gulqoqi (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · pl dmuchawiec (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · ba бәпембә (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · de Löwenzahnfarbe (color of a dandelion flower, dandelion color, dandelion yellow) · wa salåde des tchamps (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum) · oc pissalach (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum)