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MUSCOVITE Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Dandelion clock
Sorry for asking another childish question :-)
why is this part of the plant called 'clock'?
because the white seeds can tell us the age of the plant ...exactly as a clock can tell us the time? :-)
(hope the above "explanation" makes sense to you...)
thanks!
Mus-te
why is this part of the plant called 'clock'?
because the white seeds can tell us the age of the plant ...exactly as a clock can tell us the time? :-)
(hope the above "explanation" makes sense to you...)
thanks!
Mus-te
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A new term for me. From Longman's: dandelion clock [countable] British English, the soft ball of white seeds that grows on the dandelion plant No idea why.
- A new term for me.
- From Longman's: dandelion clock [countable] British English, the soft ball of white seeds that grows on the dandelion plant No idea why.
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A new term for me. From Longman's:
dandelion clock [countable] British English, the soft ball of white seeds that grows on the dandelion plant
No idea why.
dandelion clock [countable] British English, the soft ball of white seeds that grows on the dandelion plant
No idea why.
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Hi,
It's new for me too.
Taken from http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dandelion_clock :
A children's amusement in which the number of puffs needed to blow the filamentous achenes from a dandelion is supposed to tell the time.
It's new for me too.
Taken from http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dandelion_clock :
A children's amusement in which the number of puffs needed to blow the filamentous achenes from a dandelion is supposed to tell the time.
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