Definition of California dandelion

1. Noun. European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears.


Lexicographical Neighbors of California Dandelion

California Spangled Cat
California allspice
California bay tree
California beauty
California black oak
California black walnut
California blackberries
California blackberry
California blanket
California bluebell
California box elder
California buckthorn
California buckwheat
California coffee
California condor
California dandelion (current term)
California dewberries
California dewberry
California encephalitis
California false morel
California fern
California four o'clock
California fuchsia
California holly
California lady's slipper
California laurel
California laurels
California live oak

Literary usage of California dandelion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons (1906)
"This species is said to thrive well in cultivation and make a very effective plant when grown in rich garden soil. California dandelion. ..."

2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1901)
"Yarrow, the California dandelion with its scarce-opening blossom, chickweed (Stel- laria longipes), ..."

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