dragon's wort

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A perennial herb, tarragon, Artemisia dracunculus.
  2. Dracunculus vulgaris, dragon arum, a flowering plant in the arum (Araceae) family.
  3. Bistorta officinalis (common bistort, a plant in the knotweed (Polygonaceae) family, once classified as Persicaria bistorta and Polygonum bistorta.
  4. Arisaema dracontium, green dragon, a herbaceous perennial native to North America.

Word forms

dragon's wort

Etymology

A calque of Arabic طَرْخُون (ṭarḵūn, “tarragon”).

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