English Explanatory Dictionary

dracontium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The roots and rhizomes of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus

Word forms

dracontium

Etymology

From the genus in which Symplocarpus foetidus was formerly classified, Dracontium, from Latin dracontium (“dragon-wort”), from Ancient Greek δρακόντιον (drakóntion).

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