Definition of Hawkbits

1. Noun. (plural of hawkbit) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hawkbits

1. hawkbit [n] - See also: hawkbit

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hawkbits

hawk's-beards
hawk-beaked
hawk-billed
hawk-eyed
hawk-nose
hawk moth
hawk moths
hawk nose
hawk noses
hawk owl
hawkbell
hawkbells
hawkbill
hawkbills
hawkbit
hawkbits (current term)
hawked
hawker
hawkers
hawkey
hawkeyed
hawkeyes
hawkeys
hawkfish
hawkfishes
hawkie
hawkies
hawking
hawkings
hawkish

Literary usage of Hawkbits

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Lone Swallows by Henry Williamson (1922)
"The orange hawkbits are everywhere at my feet—common weeds, perhaps, but very dear: each yields a thought of beauty, each is a gold coin of our true ..."

2. Wild flowers by Anne Pratt (1853)
"The Goat's Beard is, however, at once distinguished from the Hawkweeds, hawkbits, and similar flowers, by its long slender leaves, tapering at the end, ..."

3. The Botany of the Eastern Borders: With the Popular Names and Uses of the by George Johnston, George Tate (1853)
"... would lose half of their charms were the Daisy to desert them,—our pastures and muirs half of their liveliness without the Horse-gowans, the hawkbits, ..."

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