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leontodon
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Leontodon is a genus of plants in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family (Compositae), commonly known as hawkbits . Their English name derives from the mediaeval belief that hawks ate the plant to improve their eyesight. Although originally only ...
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Leontodon \Le*on"to*don\ (l[-e]*[o^]n"t[-o]*d[o^]n), n. [Gr. le`wn, le`ontos, lion + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, tooth. Cf. Lion's-tooth , Dandelion .] (Bot.) A genus of liguliflorous composite plants, including the fall dandelion ( Leontodon autumnale ...
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Assigned also at one time to the genus Hieracium, but now placed by most botanists in the genus Leontodon, and sometimes in the genus Apargia, are the Hawkbits, of which there are two British species, the Autumnal Hawkbit and the Rough Hawkbit, both abundantly distributed throughout Britain, in meadowland, and on commons and waste ground.