Definition of taraxacum Taraxacum
ta•rax•a•cum
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What does taraxacum mean?
WordNet
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| taraxacum - an asterid dicot genus of the family Compositae including dandelions | ||
| genus Taraxacum | ||
| asterid dicot genus genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs | ||
| aster family, asteraceae, compositae, family asteraceae, family compositae plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia | ||
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Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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taraxacum
tar-aks′a-kum, n. the root of the dandelion, a tonic laxative in diseases of the liver.—n. Tarax′acine, a crystallisable substance extracted from the foregoing. [A botanical Latin word, coined from Gr. taraxis, trouble—tarassein, to trouble. Davic refers to Ar. taras-acon, a kind of succory, Latinised in Avicenna as taraxacon.]
Part of speech
🔤- taraxacum, noun, singular of taraxacums / taraxaca.
