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blowball

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

• Syn: ↑dandelion

• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant

• Hyponyms:

↑common dandelion, ↑Taraxacum ruderalia, ↑Taraxacum officinale, ↑Russian dandelion, ↑kok-saghyz, ↑kok-sagyz, ↑Taraxacum kok-saghyz

• Member Holonyms: ↑Taraxacum, ↑genus Taraxacum

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun

: a fluffy seed ball (as of the dandelion); also : a plant bearing such a ball

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/bloh"bawl'/, n.

the downy head or pappus of the dandelion, salsify, etc.

[1660-70; BLOW² + BALL¹]

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blowˈball noun

The downy head of a dandelion in seed

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Main Entry: ↑blow

Useful english dictionary. 2012.