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Etymology
From F. dent-de-lion (literally "lion's tooth"), also in LL. term|dens leonis|d�ns le�nis. The term has since died out in France, but compare Spanish diente de león, Italian dente di leone, Portuguese dente-de-leão, and also German Löwenzahn, all having the same literal meaning.

Pronunciation
audio|En-us-dandelion.ogg|audio (US)
a|RP|US IPA|/�dæn.dɪ.laɪ�n/
audio|en-uk-dandelion.ogg|Audio (UK)

Noun
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1. countable Any of the several species of plant in the genus Taraxacum, characterised yellow flower heads and notched, broad-ended leaf|leaves, especially the common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale).
2. countable The flower head or fruiting head of the dandelion plant.
3. context|uncountable|color A yellow colour, like that of the flower.

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Derived terms
dandelion greens
dandelion wine

Translations
trans-top|plant, wild flower (genus Taraxacum)
Bosnian: masla�ak m
Chinese: ���� (pú g�ng yīng hu�)
Croatian: masla�ak m
Czech: podb�l m
Dutch: paardenbloem
Danish: mælkebøtte
Finnish: voikukka
French: pissenlit
German: Löwenzahn m
Greek: αγ�ιο�άδικο^{(:el:αγ�ιο�άδικο|^)} (agriorádiko) n
Icelandic: fífill m
Indonesian: bunga randa tapak
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Italian: soffione m
Japanese: ���� (tampopo)
Norwegian: løvetann m
Old English: ægwyrt|ǣġwyrt
Persian: FAchar|�اصدک (gh�sedak)
Polish: mlecz m, podbia� m
Russian: од�ван�ик (oduván�ik) m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ма�ла�ак m
:Roman: masla�ak m
Slovene: regrat m
Spanish: diente de león m
Swedish: maskros c
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Adjective
dandelion

1. colour of a yellow colour, like that of the flower.

Translations
German: Löwenzahn m
Polish: żó�ty m, żó�ta f, żó�te n

See also
clock
goatsbeard
hawk's beard
kok-saghyz
oxtongue
Taraxacum
Wiktionary Appendix:Colours|Appendix:Colours
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Image:A dandelion.jpg|thumb|A seeding dandelion
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Category:Colors
Category:Flowers
Category:Yellows

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