taraxacum

See also: Taraxacum

English

Noun

taraxacum (countable and uncountable, plural taraxacums)

  1. (medicine) The dried root of the dandelion once used as a tonic.
    • 1882, John Gardner, Household Medicine and Sick-room Guide, page 431:
      Take dandelion root, dried and sliced, six ounces […] This is an excellent way of taking taraxacum.
  2. A plant of the genus Taraxacum.
    Synonym: dandelion
    • 1969, Joseph Barrell, Flora of the Gunnison Basin: Gunnison, Saguache, and Hinsdale Counties, Colorado: a study in the distribution of plants:
      This species is different from the preceding taraxacums.

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