blowball

Noun

blow=ball

WORDNET DICTIONARY

blowball(n = noun.plant) dandelion - 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; Array

is a member of genus taraxacum, taraxacum

has particulars: common dandelion, taraxacum officinale, taraxacum ruderalia, kok-saghyz, kok-sagyz, russian dandelion, taraxacum kok-saghyz

is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant

blowball, n.

The downy seed head of a dandelion, which children delight to blow away. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]

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