dragon's wort en · NOUN
Etymology
A calque of Arabic طَرْخُون (ṭarḵūn, “tarragon”).
Meanings
- (uncountable) A perennial herb, tarragon, Artemisia dracunculus.
- (uncountable) Dracunculus vulgaris, dragon arum, a flowering plant in the arum (Araceae) family.
- (uncountable) Bistorta officinalis (common bistort, a plant in the knotweed (Polygonaceae) family, once classified as Persicaria bistorta and Polygonum bistorta.
- (uncountable) Arisaema dracontium, green dragon, a herbaceous perennial native to North America.