Crossword clues for hawkbit
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hawkbit \Hawk"bit`\ (-b[i^]t`), n. (Bot.) The fall dandelion ( Leontodon autumnale).
Wiktionary
n. (context botany English) Any dandelion-like flower of the genera (taxlink Leontodon genus noshow=1) and (taxlink Scorzoneroides genus noshow=1) in the family Asteraceae.
WordNet
n. any of various common wildflowers of the genus Leontodon; of temperate Eurasia to Mediterranean regions
Usage examples of "hawkbit".
Tongue Hawkbit, Autumnal Hawkbit, Rough Hawkweed, Wall Hawkweed, Wood Hawkweed, Mouse-Ear Hawthorn Heartsease Hedge-Hyssop Hedge Mustard Heliotrope Hellebore, Black Hellebore, False Hellebore, Green Hellebore, White Hemlock Hemlock, Water Hemp, Enc.
Number 189 acknowledged this gesture with shy, solemn respect, then returned to his work weeding hawkbit from the ordered files of the chrysanthemums.
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.
The Rough Hawkbit has been used medicinally in the same manner as the Hawkweeds and the Dandelion, for its action on the kidneys and as a remedy for jaundice and dropsy, and is still used for its diuretic qualities in country districts in Ireland.