hypochaeris radicata

1. 1.

   European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears

   Synonymscat's-earCalifornia dandelioncapeweedgosmore

   Broaderweed

   Part ofHypochaeris

Questions about hypochaeris radicata

What does hypochaeris radicata mean?

hypochaeris radicata means "European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears".

What is another word for hypochaeris radicata?

Close synonyms include cat's-ear, California dandelion, capeweed, gosmore. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hypochaeris radicata a common word?

hypochaeris radicata is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.