hawkbit

noun

any of three composite perennial plants of the genus Leontodon, with yellow dandelion-like flowers and lobed leaves in a rosette, erect or prostrate: found in grassland

Word Origin for hawkbit

C18: from hawk (weed) + (devil's) bit

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