different between snakeweed vs dragonwort

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Etymology

snake +? weed: in some cases (e.g. bistort) because of the twisted roots.

Noun

snakeweed (usually uncountable, plural snakeweeds)

1. Any of various unrelated plants reputed to cure snakebite.
2. A poisonous American plant of the genus Gutierrezia.

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Synonyms

• (Gutierrezia): matchweed

English

Wikispecies

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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