taraxacum

基本解释

The taraxacum wantonly expressed their smiles, like the coloured buttons on the ground.
蒲公英笑容般放纵地绽开，像大地上一枚枚彩色的钮扣。
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But one species, a Russian variety called Taraxacum kok-saghyz (TKS), may yet make the big time.
但是，一种名为橡胶草的俄罗斯蒲公英，或许会成为非常有用的植物。
Actually the genus for rose is just Rosa, but what about the fact that a certain type of dandelion is Taraxacum officinale – words surely better suited to being stamped on an accountant's door?
其实，玫瑰的种属名是Rosa，但蒲公英的名字却是实实在在的Taraxacum officinale ——这个名字钉在会计师的门上做标识岂非更适宜？

any perennial plant of the genus Taraxacum, such as the dandelion, having dense heads of small yellow flowers and seeds with a feathery attachment: family Asteraceae (composites)