kok-saghyz

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kok-sa·ghyz

K0098700 (kōk′sə-gēz′)n. A Central Asian dandelion (Taraxacum kok-saghyz) having fleshy roots that yield a form of rubber.

[New Latin, specific epithet, from a Turkic source such as Kazakh kök sağız, root latex : kök, root (from Old Turkic) + sağız, gum, resin, latex (from Old Turkic sağız, sakız, gum, resin, sticky substance).]

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kok-saghyz - perennial dandelion native to Kazakhstan cultivated for its fleshy roots that have high rubber contentkok-sagyz, Russian dandelion, Taraxacum kok-saghyzblowball, 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

Kok-Saghyz

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Kok-Saghyz

(Taraxacum kok-saghyz), a perennial herbaceous plant of the family Compositae. Kok-saghyz has a taproot, a rosette of leaves, and flower stalks with calathide heads. It is distributed in the interior intermontane valleys of Tien-Shan. It is a rubber-bearing plant; the rubber is found mainly in the latex vessels of the bark of the root. It was first cultivated in 1933, predominantly in the European part of the USSR. After the production of synthetic rubber developed, kok-saghyz was no longer cultivated.

kok-saghyz

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Synonyms for kok-saghyz

noun perennial dandelion native to Kazakhstan cultivated for its fleshy roots that have high rubber content

Synonyms

kok-sagyz
Russian dandelion
Taraxacum kok-saghyz

Related Words

blowball
dandelion

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