dandelion clock

English

dandelion clock (plural dandelion clocks)

(Britain) A single stem of a dandelion in its post-flowering state with the downy covering of its head intact. The term is applied when the flower is used, or is thought of as suitable for use, in a children's pastime by which the number of puffs needed to blow the filamentous achenes from a dandelion is supposed to tell the time.
- 1841 April 1, “Breakfast Table Science for Young People”, in Parley's Magazine‎, New York, page 112:
  Dandelion clocks! -- Pray what are they? ... by far the best clock is made by blowing the downy seed of the dandelion.

“dandelion clock”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

单词	dandelion clock
释义	dandelion clock English Noun dandelion clock (plural dandelion clocks) (Britain) A single stem of a dandelion in its post-flowering state with the downy covering of its head intact. The term is applied when the flower is used, or is thought of as suitable for use, in a children's pastime by which the number of puffs needed to blow the filamentous achenes from a dandelion is supposed to tell the time. 1841 April 1, “Breakfast Table Science for Young People”, in Parley's Magazine‎, New York, page 112: Dandelion clocks! -- Pray what are they? ... by far the best clock is made by blowing the downy seed of the dandelion. References “dandelion clock”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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