hawkbit

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From the medieval belief that hawks ate the plant to improve their eyesight.

Noun

hawkbit (plural hawkbits)

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

Derived terms

• autumn hawkbit (Scorzoneroides autumnalis)
• rough hawkbit (Leontodon saxatilis)
• lesser hawkbit (Leontodon saxatilis)
• hairy hawkbit (Leontodon saxatilis)
• bristly hawkbit (Leontodon hispidus)
• Mueller's hawkbit (Scorzoneroides muelleri)
• scaly hawkbit (Hedypnois cretica)

Translations

flower of the genus Leontodon

• Esperanto: leontodono
• Finnish: maitiainen (fi)
• French: liondent (fr) m
• German: Löwenzahn (de) m
• Greek: αγριοραδίκι (el) n (agrioradíki)
• Polish: brodawnik m
• Spanish: leontodon

References

• hawkbit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hypochaeridinae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies