Meanings
noundandelion (countable and uncountable, plural dandelions)
plural dandelions
- countableAny 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).
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 Hub1 more example
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
adjectivedandelion (not comparable)
- not comparableOf a yellow colour, like that of the flower.
Synonyms & antonyms
Narrower
Taraxacum albiduma white-flowering Japanese dandelionTaraxacum californicumthe endangered California dandelionTaraxacum japonicumJapanese dandelion. No ring of smallishdownward-turned leaves under the flowerheadTaraxacum kok-saghyzRussian dandelionwhich produces rubberTaraxacum erythrospermumoften considered a variety of Taraxacum laevigatumTaraxacum laevigatumred-seeded dandelionTaraxacum officinalecommon dandelion. Found in many forms.
nounany of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum having long tap roots and deeply notched leaves and bright yellow flowers followed by fluffy seed balls
Similar
Broader
herbherbaceous plant
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latindēns leōnis
- Old Frenchdent de lion“lion's tooth”
- Middle Englishdentdelyon
- Englishdandelion
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.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
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Arabic هِنْدِبَاء, طَرْخَشْقُون
- هِنْدِبَاء (hindibāʔ)plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- طَرْخَشْقُون (ṭarḵašqūn)plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- مُرّ (murr)plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Basque txikoria-belar, sorgin-belar
- txikoria-belarplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- sorgin-belarplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- mando-belarplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Bulgarian глухарче
- глухарче (gluharče)plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Catalan dent de lleó
- dent de lleóplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Chinese Cantonese 蒲公英
- 蒲公英 (pou⁴ gung¹ jing¹)plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Chinese Mandarin 蒲公英
- 蒲公英 (púgōngyīng)plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Czech pampeliška
- pampeliškaplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Danish mælkebøtte, løvetand
- mælkebøtteplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- løvetandplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- mælkebøtteof a yellow colour
- løvetandof a yellow colour
Dutch paardenbloem
- paardenbloemplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Esperanto leondento, leontodono
- leondentoplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- leontodonoplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- leontodoplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Estonian võilill
- võilillplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Finnish voikukka, voikukankeltainen
- voikukkaplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- voikukankeltainencolor of a dandelion flower, dandelion color, dandelion yellow
- voikukankeltainenof a yellow colour
French pissenlit, dent-de-lion
- pissenlitplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- dent-de-lionplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- barabanplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- pissenlitof a yellow colour
German Löwenzahn, Hundeblume
- Löwenzahnplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- Hundeblumeplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- Kuhblumeplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- Seichblumeplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- Pusteblumeplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- Butterblumeplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- Löwenzahnfarbecolor of a dandelion flower, dandelion color, dandelion yellow
- Löwenzahngelbcolor of a dandelion flower, dandelion color, dandelion yellow
- löwenzahnfarbigof a yellow colour
- löwenzahngelbof a yellow colour
Greek αγριοραδίκι
- αγριοραδίκι (agrioradíki)plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Hebrew מרגנית, שינן
- מרגנית (marganít)plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- שינן (šinán)plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- סביון (savyón)plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Hindi डेंडिलियन
- डेंडिलियन (ḍenḍiliyan)plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Hungarian pitypang, gyermekláncfű
- pitypangplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- gyermekláncfűplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- pitypangsárgaof a yellow colour
Icelandic fífill
- fífillplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Indonesian bunga randa tapak
- bunga randa tapakplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Irish caisearbhán
- caisearbhánplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Italian soffione, dente di leone
- soffioneplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- dente di leoneplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Japanese たんぽぽ
- たんぽぽ (tanpopo)plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Korean 민들레
- 민들레 (mindeulle)plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Latin aphaca
- aphacaplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Latvian pienene
- pieneneplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Lithuanian kiaulpienė
- kiaulpienėplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Malay dandelion, paliman
- dandelionplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- palimanplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- ڤليمنplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Māori tohetaka, tohetake
- tohetakaplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- tohetakeplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- tawaoplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Norwegian løvetann
- løvetannof a yellow colour
Norwegian Bokmål løvetann
- løvetannplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Persian قاصدک
- قاصدک (qâsedak)plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Polish mniszek, podbiał
- mniszekplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- podbiałplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- dmuchawiecplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- mleczplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- kolor mniszkacolor of a dandelion flower, dandelion color, dandelion yellow
- żółtyof a yellow colour
Portuguese dente-de-leão
- dente-de-leãoplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Romanian păpădie
- păpădieplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Russian одува́нчик
- одува́нчик (oduvánčik)plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Scottish Gaelic beàrnan-Brìde, bior nam Brìde
- beàrnan-Brìdeplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- bior nam Brìdeplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- caisearbhan nam mucplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- fiacaill-leòmhainnplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Slovak púpava
- púpavaplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Spanish diente de león, diente leonés
- diente de leónplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- diente leonésplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- color leonadocolor of a dandelion flower, dandelion color, dandelion yellow
- color aleonadocolor of a dandelion flower, dandelion color, dandelion yellow
- leonadoof a yellow colour
- aleonadoof a yellow colour
Swedish maskros
- maskrosplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Tagalog ngiping-leon, amargon
- ngiping-leonplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- amargonplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Tamil சீமைக் காட்டுமுள்ளங்கி
- சீமைக் காட்டுமுள்ளங்கி (cīmaik kāṭṭumuḷḷaṅki)plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Thai แดนดี้ไลออน
- แดนดี้ไลออน (daendêelaion)plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Turkish karahindiba, radika
- karahindibaplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- radikaplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- aslan dişiplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Ukrainian кульба́ба
- кульба́ба (kulʹbába)plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Vietnamese bồ công anh
- bồ công anhplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Welsh dant y llew
- dant y llewplant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
Yiddish בלעזערל, לופֿטל
- בלעזערל (blezerl)plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
- לופֿטל (luftl)plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
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Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
dandelion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dandelion
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“dandelion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dandelion. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dandelion,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dandelion.
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