Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1902 — The Meaning of Dandelion. [ARTICLE]

The Meaning of Dandelion.

, t Dandelion is from the French “dent de Hon," “lion's tooth,” and in nearly all languages it bears a similar name. The analogy that suggested this name becomes quite clear when we remember that the lion was the animal symbol of the sun. The yellow dandelion, with its golden rays, is a miniature representation of the sun, and, through association, its rays are Identical with the lion's teeth.