taraxacum

See also: Taraxacum

English

Noun

taraxacum (countable and uncountable, plural taraxacums)

1. (medicine) The dried root of the dandelion once used as a tonic.
   • 1882, John Gardner, Household Medicine and Sick-room Guide, page 431:

     Take dandelion root, dried and sliced, six ounces […] This is an excellent way of taking taraxacum.

2. A plant of the genus Taraxacum.

   Synonym: dandelion

   • 1969, Joseph Barrell, Flora of the Gunnison Basin: Gunnison, Saguache, and Hinsdale Counties, Colorado: a study in the distribution of plants:

     This species is different from the preceding taraxacums.

Translations

dried root of dandelion

• Bulgarian: глухарче n (gluharče)
• Finnish: voikukanjuurijauhe