what is not to love with the dandelion?
early 15c., earlier dent-de-lioun (late 14c.),
from Middle French dent de lion,
from Middle French dent de lion,
literally "lion's tooth" (from its toothed leaves),
Other folk names, like tell-time refer to the custom of telling the time
by blowing the white seed (the number of puffs
required to blow them all off supposedly being the number of the hour),
by blowing the white seed (the number of puffs
required to blow them all off supposedly being the number of the hour),
or to the plant's more authentic diuretic qualities,
preserved in Middle English
preserved in Middle English
piss-a-bed and French pissenlit.
