Leontodon

noun

Le·​on·​to·​don

lēˈäntəˌdän

: a genus of Old World weedy herbs (family Compositae) having pinnatifid leaves, solitary heads of mostly yellow ray flowers, and achemes with a plumose pappus see fall dandelion

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek leont-, leōn lion + New Latin -odon

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