lion's-tooth
21Leontodon — Le*on to*don (l[ e]*[o^]n t[ o]*d[o^]n), n. [Gr. le wn, le ontos, lion + odoy s, odo ntos, tooth. Cf. {Lion s tooth}, {Dandelion}.] (Bot.) A genus of liguliflorous composite plants, including the fall dandelion ({Leontodon autumnale}), and… …
22Leontodon autumnale — Leontodon Le*on to*don (l[ e]*[o^]n t[ o]*d[o^]n), n. [Gr. le wn, le ontos, lion + odoy s, odo ntos, tooth. Cf. {Lion s tooth}, {Dandelion}.] (Bot.) A genus of liguliflorous composite plants, including the fall dandelion ({Leontodon autumnale}),… …
23List of fictional swords — In Arthurian fiction [ thumb|left|ArthurExcalibur).] Excalibur is featured in every tale of Arthur or Merlin ever written, in some form or another. The examples below list two of the more distinctive takes on Arthurian swords. Bernard Cornwell:… …
24Taraxacum officinale — Common Dandelion Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) …
25dandelion — [dan′də lī΄ən; ] widely [, dan′dēlīn΄] n. [ME dentdelyon < OFr dent de lion, lit., tooth of the lion < L dens (gen. dentis), TOOTH + de, of + leo, lion: so called from the jagged leaves] any of several plants (genus Taraxacum) of the… …
26dan|de|li|on — «DAN duh LY uhn», noun. 1. a weed with deeply notched leaves and bright yellow flowers on a hollow stalk. Dandelions bloom in the spring. They belong to the composite family. 2. any one of various related plants. ╂[< Middle French dent de lion …
27dandelion — [13] Dandelion means literally ‘lion’s tooth’. It was borrowed from French dent de lion, which itself was a translation of medieval Latin dēns leōnis. It was presumably so called from the toothlike points of its leaves dandruff 150 (although some …
28dandelion — [13] Dandelion means literally ‘lion’s tooth’. It was borrowed from French dent de lion, which itself was a translation of medieval Latin dēns leōnis. It was presumably so called from the toothlike points of its leaves (although some have… …
29dandelion — noun Etymology: Middle English dendelyoun, from Anglo French dent de lion, literally, lion s tooth Date: 14th century any of a genus (Taraxacum) of yellow flowered composite herbs with milky sap; especially one (T. officinale) sometimes grown as… …
30dandelion — /dan dl uy euhn/, n. 1. a weedy composite plant, Taraxacum officinale, having edible, deeply toothed or notched leaves, golden yellow flowers, and rounded clusters of white, hairy seeds. 2. any other plant of the genus Taraxacum. [1505 15; < MF,… …
