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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of various annual and perennial flowering plants of the genus Crepis, superficially resembling the dandelion.
2. 2
   Any of several plants of the genus Youngia, of Asia.

Etymology

From hawk + -s- + beard.

Related phrases

Baker's hawksbeardFrench hawksbeardItalian hawksbeardModoc hawksbeardSiskiyou hawksbeardTurkish hawksbeardalpine hawksbeardbeaked hawksbeardbearded hawksbeardbristly hawksbearddandelion hawksbearddark hawksbeard

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