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dandelion|ˈdændɪlaɪən|
Forms: 6 dent de lion, dentdelyon, dantdelyon, 6–7 dan-, dantedelyon, 7 dent-, dendelion, 6– dandelion.
[a. F. dent de lion, in med.L. dens leonis, ‘lion's tooth’, from the toothed outline of the leaves.]
1. A well-known Composite plant (Taraxacum Dens-leonis or Leontodon Taraxacum), abundant in meadows and waste ground throughout Europe, Central and Northern Asia, and North America, with widely toothed leaves, and a large bright yellow flower upon a naked hollow stalk, succeeded by a globular head of pappose seeds; the leaves, stalk, and root contain a bitter milky juice.
1513Douglas æneis xii. Prol. 119 Seyr downis smaill on dent de lion sprang. 1578Lyte Dodoens v. xvi. 568 Dandelion flowreth in April and August. Ibid. 569 The seconde kinde is called..in shoppes Dens leonis..in French Pisse-en-lict..in Englishe Dandelyon. 1655Hartlib Ref. Silk-worm 31 They wil also eate the hearb called Dantedelyon. 1692Tryon Good House-w. xxii. (ed. 2) 216 Our Herb called Dandelion (that is in English, Lyons Tooth, because of the similitude of its Leaf). 1732Arbuthnot Rules of Diet i. 249 The Juice of the Dandelion is a remedy in intermitting Fevers. 1805Wordsw. Vaudracour & Julia, A tuft of winged seed..from the dandelion's naked stalk..Driven by the autumnal whirlwind. 1872Oliver Elem. Bot. ii. 195 In Dandelion, all the florets are..ligulate and yellow.
2. Applied, with qualifying words, to other Composites: as autumnal d., Apargia autumnalis; blue d., a species of lettuce (Lactuca sonchifolia) with toothed leaves; dwarf d. (U.S.), Krigia virginica; false d., ‘a branching composite of the southern United States, Pyrrhopappus Carolinianus, with dandelion-like heads’ (Cent. Dict.).
3. attrib. and Comb., as dandelion flower, dandelion plush, dandelion seed, dandelion wine; dandelion-clock = clock n.1 8; dandelion coffee, a beverage prepared from dried dandelion roots; dandelion greens U.S., fresh dandelion leaves used as a green food or herb.
1876Aunt Judy's Mag. XIV. 628 He did not ask now why *dandelion clocks go differently with different people. 1925W. de la Mare Broomsticks 51 Buttercups and dandelion-clocks and meadow-sweet. 1950‘P. Woodruff’ Island of Chamba vii. 109 You could blow her away like a dandelion clock in the summer fields.
1852S. Moodie Roughing it in Bush 89, I met with an account of *dandelion coffee published in the New York Albion, given by a Dr. Harrison, of Edinburgh, who earnestly recommended it as an article of general use. 1886Harper's Mag. Sept. 578/2 If you'd asked pleasanter, I should just as soon told you that we use dandelion coffee. 1907Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 518/2 Schweitzer's Dandelion Coffee.
1821Clare Vill. Minstr. I. 114 The *dandelion flowers.
1887M. E. Wilkins Humble Romance 234 There were..two old women—one..searching for *dandelion greens among the short young grass. 1889R. T. Cooke Steadfast xvii. 190 Dandelion greens is better 'n a doctor. 1945New Yorker 26 May 60 With the shad came a dish of dandelion greens in a tart sauce. 1963New Good Housek. Cookbook 452/2 Heap chopped, cooked dandelion greens and scallions on tomato slices.
1656Mennis & Smith Musarum Del, Oberon's Apparel, His [Oberon's] breeches..lined with *dandelyon plush.
1883M. E. Braddon Gold. Calf vii. 83 As light and airy as that *dandelion seed.
1906Mrs. Beeton's Bk. Househ. Managem. xlix. 1483 *Dandelion wine..dandelion flowers..sugar..ginger..lemon..orange..yeast. 1973B. Broadfoot Ten Lost Years xv. 179 He was laughing when he said it, with a big tumbler of dandelion wine in his hand. |