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dragonwort

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
drag-onwort
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Common bistort, a perennial herb of Europe and Asia, of species Bistorta officinalis (syns. Persicaria bistorta, Polygonum bistorta), formerly used as an astringent.

noun

Dragon arum, a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, of species Dracunculus vulgaris.

noun

Tarragon, an edible aromatic herb, of species Artemisia dracunculus, in the daisy family, Asteraceae.

noun

Green dragon, of species Arisaema dracontium

Etymology

From dragon + wort. Compare Middle English dragaunce, dragunce, dragance, dragans (“dragonwort”), from Old French dragonce, dragance, from Medieval Latin draguncia, dragancia (“dragonwort”), disfigured from the plural of dracontium (“dragonwort”), from Ancient Greek δρακόντιον (drakóntion, “dragonwort”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: δρακόντιον

Inflected Forms

dragonworts (plural)

Synonyms

bistort European bistort meadow bistort adderwort Easter giant Easter-ledges patience dock sweet dock red legs snakeroot snake-root snakeweed

Questions

What does dragonwort mean?
Common bistort, a perennial herb of Europe and Asia, of species Bistorta officinalis (syns. Persicaria bistorta, Polygonum bistorta), formerly used as an astringent.
Where does dragonwort come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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