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hawk's beard

hawk's beard

noun

any of various plants of the genus Crepis, of the daisy family, resembling the dandelion but having a branched stem with several flowers.
hawk's-beard

hawk's-beard

noun

any plant of the genus Crepis, having a ring of fine hairs surrounding the fruit and clusters of small dandelion-like flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)

hawk's beard

American

Also hawksbeard

noun

any of various plants of the genus Crepis, of the daisy family, resembling the dandelion but having a branched stem with several flowers.

hawk's-beard British

noun

any plant of the genus Crepis, having a ring of fine hairs surrounding the fruit and clusters of small dandelion-like flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)

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