dandelion

«dandelion» in Mova's school dictionary: a common wild plant with a bright yellow flower that… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a dandelion, dandelions)

meaning for a pupil

A dandelion is a common wild plant with a bright yellow flower that turns into a white fluffy ball of seeds, called a clock. tree →

sense in the lessons

In nature lessons, dandelions show how seeds spread by wind: each seed has a tiny parachute. Children blow the seed head to make a wish or tell the time. Bees love dandelions in spring. Phrases: dandelion clock, blow a dandelion, dandelion seeds.

examples

• The lawn is full of yellow dandelions. tree →
• I blew the dandelion clock and the seeds flew away. tree →
• Dandelion seeds have tiny parachutes. tree →
• Bees visit dandelions for nectar. tree →
• Rabbits like to eat dandelion leaves. tree →
• A dandelion seed can travel a long way on the wind. tree →
• Some people make a wish when they blow a dandelion. tree →

note

Countable noun. The name comes from French dent de lion, lion's tooth, because of the jagged leaves. Myth: you can't really tell the time by how many puffs it takes to blow away the seeds.

In the corpora

• Dandelion seeds float on tiny parachutes into pavement cracks, where dust and water collect, and a long taproot finds water deep down.
• Dandelions and other early flowers are important food for bees in spring, when few other flowers are open.
• The same dandelion is a weed on Dad's lawn and a feast for the first bees of spring.
• Scientists found that a dandelion seed's parachute makes a little ring of swirling air above it that holds it up longer.
• Some seeds are carried by the wind, like dandelion and maple seeds.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dandelion» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.