hawkbit

== English == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From the medieval belief that hawks ate the plant to improve their eyesight. === Noun === hawkbit (plural hawkbits) Any dandelion-like flower of the genera Leontodon, Scorzoneroides, and others in subtribe Hypochaeridinae, in the family Asteraceae. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === hawkbit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Hypochaeridinae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies