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# dandelion

noun (a dandelion, dandelions)

«dandelion» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A dandelion is a common wild plant with a bright yellow flower that turns into a white fluffy ball of seeds, called a clock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dandelion/#m1)

### In the lessons

In nature lessons, dandelions show how seeds spread by wind: each seed has a tiny parachute. Children blow the seed head to make a wish or tell the time. Bees love dandelions in spring. Phrases: dandelion clock, blow a dandelion, dandelion seeds.

### Examples

- The lawn is full of yellow dandelions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dandelion/#x1)
- I blew the dandelion clock and the seeds flew away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dandelion/#x2)
- Dandelion seeds have tiny parachutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dandelion/#x3)
- Bees visit dandelions for nectar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dandelion/#x4)
- Rabbits like to eat dandelion leaves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dandelion/#x5)
- A dandelion seed can travel a long way on the wind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dandelion/#x6)
- Some people make a wish when they blow a dandelion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dandelion/#x7)

### Note

Countable noun. The name comes from French dent de lion, lion's tooth, because of the jagged leaves. Myth: you can't really tell the time by how many puffs it takes to blow away the seeds.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dandelion» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dandelion/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dandelion» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dandelion.html) on Mova free.