blowball (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *blowball*:
NOUN	plant	blowball, dandelion	any of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum having long tap roots and deeply notched leaves and bright yellow flowers followed by fluffy seed balls

English > *blowball*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum having long tap roots and deeply notched leaves and bright yellow flowers followed by fluffy seed balls.
Synonym	dandelion
Member of	Taraxacum, genus Taraxacum	An asterid dicot genus of the family Compositae including dandelions
Narrower	Russian dandelion, kok-saghyz, kok-sagyz, Taraxacum kok-saghyz	perennial dandelion native to Kazakhstan cultivated for its fleshy roots that have high rubber content
Narrower	common dandelion, Taraxacum ruderalia, Taraxacum officinale	Eurasian plant widely naturalized as a weed in North America
Broader	herb, herbaceous plant	A plant lacking a permanent woody stem
Spanish	amargón, colleja, diente de león
Catalan	dent de lleó, lletsó

HyperDic: blowball