Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The downy head of the dandelion, salsify, etc., formed by the pappus after the blossom has fallen.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The downy seed head of a dandelion, which children delight to blow away.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The downy seed head of a dandelion, a dandelion clock.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun any of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum having long tap roots and deeply notched leaves and bright yellow flowers followed by fluffy seed balls

Etymologies

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blow +‎ ball

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