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dragon's wort

dragon's wort noun: a perennial herb, tarragon, Artemisia dracunculus.

dragon's wort: a perennial herb, tarragon, Artemisia dracunculus
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Noun

dragon's wort (uncountable)

  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.

Origin of dragon's wort

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

Questions about dragon's wort

What does dragon's wort mean?
Dragon's wort means a perennial herb, tarragon, Artemisia dracunculus.
What part of speech is dragon's wort?
Dragon's wort is a noun.

Words near dragon's wort in the dictionary

  1. Dragon's Mouths
  2. dragon's tail
  3. dragon's tails
  4. dragon's teeth
  5. Dragon's Triangle
  6. dragon's wort
  7. dragon's-blood tree
  8. dragon's-blood trees
  9. dragon's-blood-tree
  10. dragon's-blood-trees
  11. dragon's-den

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