hawkbit

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hawkbit

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

noun hawkbits

Any dandelion-like flower of the genera Leontodon, Scorzoneroides, and others in subtribe Hypochaeridinae, in the family Asteraceae.

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noun flower of the genus Leontodon

Español	leontodon
Français	liondent
Deutsch	Löwenzahn
Ελληνικά	αγριοραδίκι agrioradíki
Русский	кульба́ба kulʹbába

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@misc{hawkbit_2026,
  title = {hawkbit},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hawkbit},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}