Meanings
- UKA drink traditionally flavoured with dandelion root and burdock root, sometimes fermented.
We had fizzy dandelion and burdock, because it was pop man day. Dandelion and burdock is like shandy, only nicer.
2006, Zoompad, Tip, Trafford Publishing →ISBN, page 163 more examples
During the summer holidays I wait around for him to arrive so that I can get at the dandelion and burdock before my brothers do.
2005, Nigel Slater, Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger, Penguin, →ISBNDandelion and burdock is for many people a taste of childhood. I remember becoming a fan one summer and refusing to drink anything else.
2011, Andy Hamilton, Booze for Free, Random House, →ISBN"Dandelion and burdock! A local delicacy, I believe. Regrettably, no alcohol." She brought cups from the table in the corner and they tried it.
2012, Wendy Robertson, A Thirsting Land, Hachette UK, →ISBNSynonyms: D&B
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA drink traditionally flavoured with dandelion root and burdock root, sometimes fermented.
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dandelion and burdock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dandelion%20and%20burdock
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