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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HAWKBIT

HAWKBIT Hawk "bit `, n. (Bot. )

Defn: The fall dandelion (Leontodon autumnale ).

New American Oxford Dictionary

hawkbit

hawk |bit |ˈhɔːkbɪt | ▶noun a Eurasian plant of the daisy family which resembles a dandelion, with a rosette of leaves and yellow flowers. ●Genus Leontodon, family Compositae. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: blend of hawkweed and devil's bit .

Oxford Dictionary

hawkbit

hawk |bit |ˈhɔːkbɪt | ▶noun a Eurasian plant of the daisy family which resembles a dandelion, with a rosette of leaves and yellow flowers. ●Genus Leontodon, family Compositae. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: blend of hawkweed and devil's bit .