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The big yellow cock, Alexander, was the first to appear; having seized a dandelion and torn it in halves, without attempting to eat it, he called to the hens who were still outside to come and peck.Il piqua un pissenlit, le coupa en deux, sans l'entamer. Il cacardait, appelant les poules restées dehors, se reculant pour les inviter à manger.Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe MouretLa Faute de l'Abbe MouretZola, EmileAbbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Most weedy forms of dandelion, and probably most if not all cultivated selections, originate from Europe and Asia.La plupart des mauvaises herbes du genre Taraxacum et sans doute la plupart des pissenlits cultivés, sinon tous, sont originaires d’Europe et d’Asie.Small, Ernest,Catling, Paul M. / Canadian Medicinal CropsSmall, Ernest,Catling, Paul M. / Les cultures médicinales canadiennesLes cultures médicinales canadiennesSmall, Ernest,Catling, Paul M.© 2000 Conseil national de recherches CanadaCanadian Medicinal CropsSmall, Ernest,Catling, Paul M.© 1999 National Research Council of Canada
She threw them some wild chicory and dandelions which she had gathered amongst the old slabs that were ranged alongside the church walls.Elle leur jeta des chicorées sauvages et des pissenlits, qu'elle avait cueillis autour des vieilles dalles rangées le long du mur de l'église.Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe MouretLa Faute de l'Abbe MouretZola, EmileAbbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile© BiblioBazaar, LLC
It was the ferocity of creatures who smell flesh: the fat plantains, the crimson poppies, the milky dandelions, in which remained some of the life of the dead.C'était une férocité de bêtes sentant la chair, les plantains gras, les coquelicots sanguins, les pissenlits engorgés de sève, où il y avait un peu de la vie des morts.Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe MouretLa Faute de l'Abbe MouretZola, EmileAbbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile© BiblioBazaar, LLC
It was particularly over the dandelions that the fowls quarrelled, so voraciously indeed, with such scratchings and flapping of wings, that the other fowls in the yard heard them.Les poules se disputèrent surtout les pissenlits, avec une telle voracité, une telle rage d'ailes et d'ergots, que les autres bêtes de la basse-cour entendirent. Alors, ce fut un envahissement.Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe MouretLa Faute de l'Abbe MouretZola, EmileAbbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile© BiblioBazaar, LLC
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dandelion green
pissenlit
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dandelion
noun
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Common case | dandelion | dandelions |
Possessive case | dandelion's | dandelions' |