adderwort

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English[edit]

Persicaria bistorta

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adderwort

Alternative forms[edit]

adder's wort

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

adderwort (countable and uncountable, plural adderworts)

Common bistort (Bistorta officinalis, syn. Persicaria bistorta) or snakeweed.

Further reading[edit]

“adderwort”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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