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Although it is considered a weed, the dandelion plant has a lot of medicinal and gastronomic properties. Dandelion flowers and roots can be used as an ingredient for salads and boiled to prepare dandelion wine and a certain type of coffee. The word dandelion name comes from the French phrase "Dent de Lion" which means lion’s teeth. It is named dandelion because of the plant’s jagged leaves.