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Definition of Blowball
1. Noun. 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.
Group relationships: Genus Taraxacum, Taraxacum
Specialized synonyms: Common Dandelion, Taraxacum Officinale, Taraxacum Ruderalia, Kok-saghyz, Kok-sagyz, Russian Dandelion, Taraxacum Kok-saghyz
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Definition of Blowball
1. n. The downy seed head of a dandelion, which children delight to blow away.
Definition of Blowball
1. Noun. The downy seed head of a dandelion, a dandelion clock. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blowball
1. a fluffy seed ball [n -S]
Medical Definition of Blowball
1. The downy seed head of a dandelion, which children delight to blow away. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blowball
Literary usage of Blowball
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"blowball. Leontodon Taraxacum, L., because children blow tho ripe fruit from the
receptacle to tell the time of day, and for other purposes of divination. ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"Wr. See blowball. Blubber Grass. 'Different species of Bromus, from their soft
inflated glumes ; in particular mollis, which infests barren pastures. East. ..."
3. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1858)
"... where the blowball ran— Sweetest, rarest, dearest, fairest ! Laughing where
the blowball ran— Bless thy merry Cheek of cherry, O, my little Marianne ! ..."
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