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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any dandelion-like flower of the genera Leontodon, Scorzoneroides, and others in subtribe Hypochaeridinae, in the family Asteraceae.
2. 2
   any of various common wildflowers of the genus Leontodon; of temperate Eurasia to Mediterranean regions wordnet

Etymology

From the medieval belief that hawks ate the plant to improve their eyesight.

Related phrases

Mueller's hawkbitautumn hawkbitbristly hawkbithairy hawkbitlesser hawkbitrough hawkbitscaly hawkbit

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