blowball

• Nom désignant toute plante du genre Taraxacum (pissenlit), caractérisée par de longues racines pivotantes, des feuilles profondément découpées et des fleurs jaune vif suivies de boules de graines duveteuses qui se dispersent au vent.

A noun referring to any of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum, characterized by long tap roots, deeply notched leaves, and bright yellow flowers that are followed by fluffy seed balls.

1. Dandelion seed headB1informal

   The fluffy, spherical seed head of a dandelion plant, composed of many tiny seeds attached to fine hairs that allow them to be dispersed by the wind.

   Aigrette de pissenlit

   • The child picked a blowball and blew the seeds into the air.
   • In the summer, the field was covered in white blowballs.
   • He made a wish and scattered the blowball's seeds.

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