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Noun
taraxacum (countable and uncountable, plural taraxacums)
- (medicine) The dried root of the dandelion once used as a tonic.
1882, John Gardner, Household Medicine and Sick-room Guide, page 431:Take dandelion root, dried and sliced, six ounces […] This is an excellent way of taking taraxacum.
- A plant of the genus Taraxacum.
- Synonym: dandelion
1969, Joseph Barrell, Flora of the Gunnison Basin: Gunnison, Saguache, and Hinsdale Counties, Colorado: a study in the distribution of plants:This species is different from the preceding taraxacums.
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