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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of composite plants, of the tribe Cichoriaceæ and subtribe Hypochœrideæ.
  • noun [lowercase] A plant of this genus, or a drug prepared from it.

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  • noun medicine The dried root of the dandelion once used as a tonic

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  • noun an asterid dicot genus of the family Compositae including dandelions

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