Definition

Noun: * Dandelion: A common wild plant with bright yellow flowers and leaves with jagged edges. When the flower matures, it turns into a round, white, fluffy seed head that can be blown apart by the wind.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trẻ con thường thổi những bông bồ công anh để phát tán hạt. (Children often blow dandelions to disperse their seeds.)
  • Lá bồ công anh non có thể dùng làm rau ăn hoặc làm thuốc. (Young dandelion leaves can be used as a vegetable or for medicine.)
  • Cánh đồng đầy hoa bồ công anh vàng rực. (The field is full of bright yellow dandelion flowers.)

Advanced Usage

• The name "bồ công anh" is used specifically for the common dandelion (). It is a compound word in Vietnamese, but it functions as a single, fixed noun for this plant.
• In literature and poetry, the "bồ công anh" often symbolizes fragility, transience, or the carrying of wishes and dreams on the wind when its seeds are blown away.

Variants and Related Words

• Cây bồ công anh: This is a fuller form, explicitly meaning "dandelion plant," but "bồ công anh" alone is perfectly standard.
• Hoa bồ công anh: "Dandelion flower," specifying the flowering part.
• Hạt bồ công anh: "Dandelion seed," referring to the seeds with their parachute-like structures.

Synonyms

• Dandelion (English loanword, sometimes used informally): This is the direct translation and synonym.
• Răng sư tử: A less common, literal translation of the French name "dent-de-lion" (lion's tooth), referring to the shape of the leaves. "Bồ công anh" is the vastly more common term.

Related Phrases

• Thổi bồ công anh: To blow a dandelion (seed head). This is a common childhood activity associated with making a wish.
  • Nó ngồi thổi bồ công anh và ước một điều ước. (He sat blowing a dandelion and made a wish.)

noun

1. Dandelion