dragonwort

English

Wikispecies

Bistorta officinalis

Dracunculus vulgaris

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 δρακόντιον (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

Translations

a perennial herb of Europe and Asia, Bistorta officinalis

• Finnish: isokonnantatar
• Portuguese: bistorta f

a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris

• Arabic: لُوف الحَيّة‎ m (lūf al-ḥayya), لُوف الجَعْد‎ m (lūf al-jaʿd), لُوف جَعْدِيّ‎ m (lūf jaʿdiyy), لُوف أَرْقَط‎ m (lūf ʾarqaṭ), لُوف كَبِير‎ m (lūf kabīr), صَرَّاخَة‎ f (ṣarrāḵa) (Al-Andalus), فِيلْجُوش‎ m (fīljūš) (obsolete), طُرْقُنْطِيَة‎ m (ṭurqunṭiya) / طَرْقِنْطِيَة‎ f (ṭarqinṭiya) (obsolete), خُبْز الْغُرَاب‎ m (ḵubz al-ḡurāb) (obsolete), دْرَاقُنْطِيُون‎ m (drāqunṭiyūn) (obsolete), قُلُبْرِيَالَّة‎ f (qulubriyālla) (Al-Andalus)
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: dragoneta f, colobra f, dragontina f, dragontea f
• Finnish: kreikanlohikäärmevehka
• French: gouet (fr) m, serpentine (fr) f / serpentaine f / serpentaire (fr) f, coulevrée
• German: Drachenwurz f

• Greek:

  Ancient: ἄφρισσα f (áphrissa), δρακόντιον (drakóntion)

• Persian: فیل گوش‎ (fil gôš)
• Latin: dracunculus m, colubrīna f (Medieval), serpentīna f / serpentīnāria f (Medieval), vīperīna f (Medieval), dracontea f (Medieval)
• Serbo-Croatian: zmijinac (sh) m (Croatian regional), zmijavčica f and zmijavičica f (Croatian regional)
• Spanish: dragontea (es) f, zumillo (es) m, dragoneta f