different between bistort vs polygonum

English

Etymology

Latin bistorta, from bis (“twice”) and torta (“twisted”), in reference to its twisting roots.

Noun

bistort (countable and uncountable, plural bistorts)

1. Any of several perennial herbs, classified in genera Bistorta, Persicaria, or Polygonum, having spikes of pink flowers.

Translations

Further reading

• Persicaria bistorta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bistorta officinalis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Bistorta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• bistort at USDA Plants database (Polygonum)

Anagrams

• bittors

English

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek a kind of plant; ????? (polús, “many, much”) + ????? (g?nía, “corner, angle”). So called in allusion to the numerous joints

Noun

polygonum (plural polygonums)

1. (botany) Any of many plants, of the family Polygonaceae, embracing a large number of species, including bistort, knotweed, smartweed, etc.

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /po.ly??o?.num/, [p?l???o?n???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /po.li??o.num/, [p?li????num]

Noun

polyg?num n (genitive polyg?n?); second declension

1. (mathematics) polygon

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

References

• polygonum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• polygonum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette