'Lion's tooth' definitions:
Definition of 'Lion's tooth'
From: GCIDE
- Lion's tooth \Li"on's tooth`\ (l[imac]"[u^]nz t[=oo]th`); pl. Lions' teeth (l[imac]"[u^]nz t[=e]th`). (Bot.) See Leontodon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'lion's tooth'
From: GCIDE
- Leontodon \Le*on"to*don\ (l[-e]*[o^]n"t[-o]*d[o^]n), n. [Gr. le`wn, le`ontos, lion + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, tooth. Cf. Lion's-tooth, Dandelion.] (Bot.) A genus of liguliflorous composite plants, including the fall dandelion (Leontodon autumnale), and formerly the true dandelion; -- called also lion's tooth. [1913 Webster]