dandelion

noun

dan·de·li·on | \ ˈdan-də-ˌlī-ən,

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Definition of dandelion

: any of a genus (Taraxacum) of yellow-flowered composite herbs with milky sap especially : one (T. officinale) sometimes grown as a potherb and nearly cosmopolitan as a weed

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Try these four delicious ways to cook dandelion flowers. — Molly Marquand, Good Housekeeping, "8 Weeds You Should Actually Let Grow In Your Yard," 28 July 2016 During these moments, matter is blown off the star like so many dandelion seeds. — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, "Beautiful 3D model of stars explains changes in brightness," 8 Oct. 2018 Germany’s Continental AG is researching rubber from dandelions. — Lucy Craymer, WSJ, "Dandelions Ruin Your Front Yard but Could Be the Future of the Rubber Industry," 2 Oct. 2018 Weed Control If broadleaf weeds like dandelions have taken over your lawn, now's the time to fight back. — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, "6 Tips to Get Your Lawn Ready for Fall," 24 Aug. 2018 But art’s job — like walking into a field of a million dandelions — is presumably to wake us up from that stupor. — New York Times, "This Artist Foresaw Our Digital Future in a Meadow of Dandelions," 21 June 2018 Canton resident Amy Houck, 33, captured her daughter Jade distributing dandelions on the front steps of her neighbors’ homes on Friday and shared the gracious moment in a video on the Canton Neighbors Facebook group. — Brittany Britto, baltimoresun.com, "Video: Canton girl melts hearts by leaving flowers on neighbors' doorsteps," 9 Apr. 2018 An extraordinarily crazy person creates a theater company in a new city where cultural start-ups often last as long as dandelions in a cyclone. — Lawrence Toppman, charlotteobserver, "The theater company with a wishbone, a funny bone and a backbone," 3 July 2018 Sipping on a natural diuretic like dandelion tea can help, too. — Boris Abrams, GQ, "How to Take Better Nudes," 17 May 2018

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