TARAXACUM DANDELION
\tˈaɹɐksˌakəm dˈandɪlˌa͡ɪ͡ən], \tˈaɹɐksˌakəm dˈandɪlˌaɪən], \t_ˈa_ɹ_ɐ_k_s_ˌa_k_ə_m d_ˈa_n_d_ɪ_l_ˌaɪə_n]\
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i.e. dent du lion (Bot.) A gen. of Compositae, of which the root-stock is extensively used in medicine as an aperient and tonic, especially in liver complaints. [The word is traced by M. Devic, with some likelihood, to the Ar. tarachaquun, wild chicory (Littre).]
By Henry Percy Smith
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