Dandelion (noun) : any of a genus (Taraxacum) of yellow-flowered composite herbs with milky sap; especially : one (T. officinale) sometimes grown as a potherb and nearly cosmopolitan as a weed
The Shawl by Cynthia Ozick
” On the other side of the steel fence, far away, there were green meadows speckled with dandelion and deep-colored violets; beyond them, even farther, innocent tiger lilies, tall, lifting their orange bonnets.”
This statement describes Rose’s pain about that her daughter will die and she has no choice and let her go otherwise they all would die.