The name of this lawn weed comes from the French for "lion's tooth"
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Free Flashcards about BOTANY - StudyStack  THE NAME OF THIS LAWN WEED COMES FROM THE FRENCH FOR "LION'S TOOTH", DANDELION. TREE FERNS REPRODUCE BY MEANS OF THESE...
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A Dandelion Is A Weed - All About Lawns  When autumn comes, to most lawn experts, it is time to break out the fertilizer and ... It's an Anglicization of the French "dent de lion," or "lion's tooth," perhaps ... Another French name for the weed plant, "pissenlit," occasionally is found on...
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Taraxacum - Wikipedia  Taraxacum is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae which consists of ... The common name dandelion (/dndla.n/ DAN-di-ly-n, from French dent-de-lion, meaning "lion's tooth") is given to members of the genus. Like other members of the Asteraceae family, they have very small flowers collected...
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Nature in your Yard  What's a Lion's Tooth? | Seasons Flow  Apr 20, 2013 ... The name of this particular nemesis of manicured lawns comes from the French, who originally called it dent de lion, or lion's tooth. ... It's an abundant wildflower- many call it a weed- that has an interesting name origin.
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Interesting and Fun Facts About the Dandelion Flower  Up until the 1800s people would pull grass out of their lawns to make room for dandelions and other useful weeds like chickweed, malva, and chamomile. The average ... The name dandelion is taken from the French word dent de lion meaning lion's tooth, referring to the coarsely-toothed leaves. Dandelions have one of...
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Printer Friendly - StudyDroid  $400 FOREIGN CUISINE A British variety is called ""bangers"", a Mexican ...... OF FOOD Stem of a variety of lily, known in Old England as ""sparrow grass".
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Weed: It's a 4 Letter Word - The Ramblings of an Aspiring Small ...  Jul 9, 2015 ... Gardening Weed: It's a 4 Letter Word ... I could spend all day spewing out four letter words in my back yard over ... in to this home 3 years ago and going after the dandelions like a beast. ... They kill the weeds while feeding the grass. ... If it's a sprawling plant, use the forked rake to move the plant around and...
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Full text of "Mountain wild flowers of America; a simple and popular ...  This plant, as its name indicates, is gen- erally found in very dry, stony places. ... the open alpine meadows, though here its stalks are not so tall nor its flowers so large ..... So sweet is the smell of the Wild Heliotrope that few can mistake it. ...... The name Clover probably comes from the Latin c/ava, meaning "club," and refers...
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dandelion English definition/translation - seadict.com  noun a widely distributed weed of the daisy family, with large bright yellow flowers ... dns lenis, lion's tooth (from its sharply indented leaves) : Latin dns, dent-, tooth; ... tooth of the lion, referring to the sharply indented leaves of the plant. ... The English spelling reflects the pronunciation of the Old French word at the time...
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Nine Common Words Named After French People | Cassava Films  Nine Common Words Named After French People ... keep these products from souring quickly, among his many other achievements. ... Southerners  especially New Orleanians  know pralines as supersweet sugar-and-cream-coated pecan patties. ... In any event, the name comes from French soldier/diplomat Marshal du...
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Etymologically Speaking...  Some of these are English, but some are French and German words from which ... which was a scented, golden apple first raised by and named after Matius, a friend of ..... From "thaler" -- a nickname for the silver coins that were minted from the ore .... Too much yellow bile and you saw the world through a "bilious" eye , and...
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Dandelions: Along a Gig Harbor roadway near you - | The News ...  Aug 5, 2015 ... If a weed is a plant growing where its not wanted, like in your lawn, of course. ... These members of the sunflower family all have yellow flowers atop leafless ... The roadside species is hairy cat's ear (Hypochoeris radiacata), or false ... root content was used to make Russian truck tires during World War II.
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Queen Anne's Lace: Weed or Wonder? | The Vineyard Gazette ...  Aug 19, 2015 ... Though it has been naturalized over the years, Queen Anne's lace was an import. ... With its fern-like leaves that resemble parsley, it is not a stretch to ... carrot, and is an ancestor to our modern (usually) orange root vegetable.
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The Monarch butterflies are here | Garden Column | NJ.com  Aug 11, 2016 ... I have heard it called a reseeding annual as well as a perennial. ... I have seen many orange Gulf Fritillary laying eggs on our passion flower vine ... Allowing some "weeds" such as milkweed, yarrow, Queen Anne's lace, black eyed ... Follow Us ... The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed,...
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Plant - Ray Sahelian, M.D.  Since it's about 500 miles away from any other state, no wonder its flower is the forget-me-not, Legend says this flower's name comes from the last words of a...
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Broccoli's Remarkable Power - Hellenic Communication Service  The name comes from the Italian word brocco, meaning "shoot" or "sprout", from ... The usual broccoli served in European restaurant as one of the two veggies,...
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trees are young especially with lemon trees and - CHEMISTRY ...  ... The pomegranate's Latin name, Punica granatum , comes from its French name, pomme grenate, meaning "seedy apple." "This is a very appropriate name, considering that the pomegranate fruit is ... Pomegranate juice is also becoming a common fixture in the produce section on its own or mixed with other fruit juices.
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Plant - Ray Sahelian, M.D.  Black eye susan yellow daisy maryland's flower, Since 1918 this Mid-Atlantic state's flower .... Dandelion, yellow flowers for wine, green for salad, tooth of lion ... Betel nut In the musical South Pacific, Bloody Mary was said to chew these nuts...
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Weed It And Reap: Making A Meal Out Of Nature's Outcasts : NPR  Jun 23, 2010 ... Weed It And Reap: A Meal With Nature's Outcasts ... when that other bane of gardeners, the mosquito, arrives in swarms. ... of the sometimes-toxic knotweed and pokeweed, the familiar plant ... Wood sorrel, with its cute little trio of hearts, is like lemon zest in leaf form. ... Some people like a D-shaped omelet.
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Cooking - Ray Sahelian, M.D.  Bundt Trademarked name for a fluted tube pan or the cake baked in it ..... The name of this herb comes from the Greek for "rock celery"; petrocelinon. Peppermint...
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The Shamrock: More Than A Lucky Charm | 98.7 The River  The Shamrock: More Than A Lucky Charm ... Shamrock, which comes from the Irish word seamrog, means little clover. ... can be any one of four plants, three of which are clovers, while the fourth is a clover-like plant called a medick.