'Taraxacum officinale' definitions:
Definition of 'Taraxacum officinale'
(from WordNet)
noun
Eurasian plant widely naturalized as a weed in North America; used as salad greens and to make wine [syn: common dandelion, Taraxacum ruderalia, Taraxacum officinale]
Definition of 'Taraxacum officinale'
From: GCIDE
- Dandelion \Dan"de*li`on\, n. [F. dent de lion lion's tooth, fr. L. dens tooth + leo lion. See Tooth, n., and Lion.] (Bot.) A well-known plant of the genus Taraxacum ({Taraxacum officinale}, formerly called Taraxacum Dens-leonis and Leontodos Taraxacum) bearing large, yellow, compound flowers, and deeply notched leaves. [1913 Webster]