hawkbit

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From the medieval belief that hawks ate the plant to improve their eyesight.

Noun

hawkbit (plural hawkbits)

Any dandelion-like flower of the genera Leontodon, Scorzoneroides, and others in subtribe Hypochaeridinae, in the family Asteraceae.

Derived terms

Translations

flower of the genus Leontodon

Esperanto: leontodono
Finnish: maitiainen (fi)
French: liondent (fr) m
German: Löwenzahn (de) m
Greek: αγριοραδίκι (el) n (agrioradíki)
Polish: brodawnik m
Spanish: leontodon

References

hawkbit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Hypochaeridinae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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