Definition of Taraxacum officinale

1. Noun. Eurasian plant widely naturalized as a weed in North America; used as salad greens and to make wine.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Taraxacum Officinale

Taraktagenos kurzii
Taraktogenos
Taraktogenos kurzii
Tarantino
Tarantinoesque
Tarantinos
Taranto
Taras Grigoryevich Shevchenko
Tarascan
Tarascans
Tarasco
Tarawa
Tarawa-Makin
Tarawan
Taraxacum kok-saghyz
Taraxacum officinale
Taraxacum ruderalia
Tarbes
Tarchanoff phenomenon
Tardieu's ecchymoses
Tardieu's petechiae
Tardieu's spots
Tardises
Tareekh e Kasas
Tarentine
Tarentines
Targumist
Targumists
Tarica
Taricha

Literary usage of Taraxacum officinale

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

1. Records of General Science by Robert Dundas Thomson, T Thomson (1835)
"Protoxide of iron . Lime Magnesia . . . Soda 99-1 The formula is (Sa Al Fe.) + S0 (NC Mg./.)—Ann de Chim. lix. 107. IV.— taraxacum officinale. ..."

2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1891)
"IN his " Flora of British India," Hooker says expressly about the Taraxacum officinale, Wigg. " It is remarkable that this common Himalayan plant should not ..."

3. Specific Diagnosis and Specific Medication by John William Fyfe, John Milton Scudder (1909)
"taraxacum officinale—Dandelion. Taraxacum exerts a stimulating influence upon ... taraxacum officinale is tonic, hepatic stimulant, diuretic and laxative. ..."

4. Annual Report and Proceedings of the Botanical Society by Botanical Society of Edinburgh (1841)
"Mr Trevelyan exhibited specimens of some remarkable varieties of Taraxacum officinale, found on the sandy beach near Arbroath, and a curious variety of ..."

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