Dandelion
By Jojo
@Sojourn (13837)
India
October 3, 2022 8:23am CST
This piece of writing is not about the properties of this flower, or the benefits of it. Being one of my foremost interesting English flowers, apart from its beauty I liked its name too. Today, while I was browsing the internet aimlessly, I came across an interesting etymology of its name, it is a contraction of dent-de-lioune (tooth of lion, if you are a bit French savvy you probably guessed it). A interesting bit of memorable dissection of the beautiful name of the flower. It intrigues me about the flower even more, now, to know about the reason behind this name.
So, what about you, any interesting trivia about anything in particular that you came about to know recently.
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@RebeccasFarm (89831)
• Arvada, Colorado
9 Oct 22
Well I did not know that the daffodil will still grow in the cold fall here.
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@RebeccasFarm (89831)
• Arvada, Colorado
9 Oct 22
@Sojourn Oh yes I got mixed up Jojo you said dandelion. Here there are still some growing now in the fall. They make teas out of it here, though I have never tried it.
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@shaggin (72115)
• United States
7 Jan 23
They are all over here in the spring and summer. I like the grass cut often to keep them from blooming to keep bees from getting on them and getting stung. The name is kind of pretty. Weird about it being called something to do with a lions tooth. I’d think more likely it could look like a lions mane but no clue why they say tooth.
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@aninditasen (16377)
• Raurkela, India
3 Oct 22
The flower name sounds good but haven't seen it. People call the hibiscus, the shoe flower too which in no way resembles the shoe.
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@aninditasen (16377)
• Raurkela, India
4 Oct 22
@Sojourn We learned the name shoe flower in school and learned the botanical name hibiscus only after entering college.
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