Hypertext Webster Gateway: "blowball"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Blowball \Blow"ball`\, n.
The downy seed head of a dandelion, which children delight to
blow away. --B. Jonson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
blowball
n : any of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum having long tap
roots and deeply notched leaves and bright yellow flowers
followed by fluffy seed balls [syn: {dandelion}]
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