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JeanMichel
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 633 W: 87 N: 938]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (2864) | Dandelion seeds with embracing bindweed is not a rarity, but it led me into a little bit of linguistics today.
DANDELIONS are mainly called PISSENLIT in french, but also "dents-de-lion" (lion teeth), due to their leave's large indentations. Was the English name a consequence of the popular saying in French, or did the French interpretated the English name?
I have a chilled bottle of good Normandy cider ready for the perspicacious member who finds it.
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To go on a bit further, we say in french "manger les pissenlits par la racine" (eat the dandelions by the root), when in English people say in the same situation "to be pushing up the daisies". Still a reference to a flower.
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This was just to change a bit from a classical botanical point of view, although it is remarkable that youg leaves are appreciated as a salad and offered in the some of the best restaurants in France.
This very common wild flower exists in Africa, America, Asia and Europe. What about Oceania? My book (issued 1984) doesn't mention it.
Hope you'll like it.
Good week-end.
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