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Dandelions are tap-rooted, flowering herbaceous perennials, genus Taraxacum.. Now you know! . Their name is derived from the shape of the leaves (jagged like a lion's teeth), first from the Greek (leontodon), then Latin (dens leonis), via Middle French (dents de lion) and so to English. Interestingly the modern French word for the plant is pissenlit (literally bed-wetter), derived from the plant's medicinal property as a diuretic. Now I know why they're called wet the beds!