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Flowers for food: Sunflower buds taste similar to artichokes but taste bittersweet after the flower opens.
Noble flowers:The four noble plants of the ancient Chinese were the Chrysanthemum, the Orchid, the bamboo, and the plum, and therefore only the upper class Chinese were permitted to grow them in their gardens. Medicinal uses of the rose: Long ago rose petals were used to control bleeding because they contain an astringent called tannin.
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