different between adderwort vs dragonwort

English

Alternative forms

• adder's wort

Etymology

adder +? wort, as it was reputed to cure snakebite.

Noun

adderwort (countable and uncountable, plural adderworts)

1. The common bistort (Persicaria bistorta) or snakeweed.

Further reading

• adderwort in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

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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 ?????????? (drakóntion, “dragonwort”).

Noun

dragonwort (plural dragonworts)

1. A perennial herb of Europe and Asia, Bistorta officinalis (syns. Persicaria bistorta, Polygonum bistorta), formerly used as an astringent.
2. A perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris.

Synonyms

• (Persicaria bistorta): adderwort, bistort, Easter giant, patience dock, red legs, snakeweed, sweet dock

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