dandelion seed
Wishful white wisp
The fluffy, parachute-like structure that carries a dandelion's offspring on the wind.
Each seed has a feathery tuft called a pappus that lets it drift considerable distances.
Children blow them off the stem to make wishes or tell time: She blew on the dandelion seeds and watched them scatter.
- pappusSeed's dispersal tuft
- tuftedHaving raised clusters
- acheneClosed one-seeded fruit
- dispersalSpreading in many directions
- wishesThings hoped for
fleetingness · parachute · updrafts · summer breeze · blow away · flight · childhood nostalgia · windborne · embryo · cotyledon · hope · plumule · radicle · hairy · botany · blowball · make a wish · lawn
- Dandelionsblowball
- Delicate Thingsbutterfly wing, spider web, bubble, soap bubble, eggshell
- windbornepollen, spore, thistle down, cottonwood fluff, samara
- fruitsstrawberries, cherry, cherries, mango, peaches
- flying thingsairplane, bird, butterfly, helicopter, jet
- wind-poweredwind turbine, windmill, sailboat, kite, sail
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Hard-shelled tropical drupe
acorn · walnut · chestnut · avocado pit · peach pit
dandelion seedstone
Solid earth fragment
pebble · lead weight · anchor · brick · ball bearing
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