dandelion

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable) Any 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).
2. (countable) The flower head or fruiting head of the dandelion plant.
3. (uncountable) A yellow colour, like that of the flower.

Adj

Of a yellow colour, like that of the flower.

Sinonieme

blowball

chicory

hawkbit

hawk’s-beard

Taraxacum

Indian lettuce

common dandelion

Irish daisy

succoury

clock

succory

Vertalings

Löwenzahn

pissenlit

diente de león

Taraxacum

dente di leone

soffione

dente-de-leão

dent de lleó

paardebloem

Pusteblume

paardenbloem

αγριοράδικο

dent-de-lion

Hundeblume

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈdæn.dɪˌlaɪ.ən/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: dentdelyon

Verwante met Duits: Löwenzahn

Verwante met Spaans: diente de león

Verwante met Portugees: dente-de-leão

Verwante met Italiaans: dente di leone

Verwante met Boeknoors: løvetann

Verwante met Wallies: dant y llew

In summary

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.