any of a genus of plants, such as the dandelion, that have flowerheads made up of tiny florets and whose wind-dispersed seeds are attached by slender stalks to a canopy of fine hairs: genus Taraxacum
an extract of dandelion roots or leaves, used as a laxative, diuretic, and liver tonic
[Latin genus name, from medieval Latin altaraxacon, from Arabic and Persian tarakhshaqūn dandelion, from Persian talk bitter + čaḵūk purslane]