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Weeds for lunch: Dandelions are a member of the Daisy family. The young flowers have a sweet, honey-like flavor. The full grown ones are bitter.
Flower looks like animal:Because the Strelitzia flower looks much like the head and beak of an exotic bird they are nicknamed The Bird of Paradise. Making spirits happy: To please the spirits of the dead many rich Romans grew huge rose gardens to provide petals for their grave sites.
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