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”).

Noun

dragonwort (plural dragonworts)

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

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
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a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris

• Arabic: صَرَّاخَة f (ṣarrāḵa) (Al-Andalus), فِيلْجُوش m (fīljūš) (obsolete), طُرْقُنْطِيَة m (ṭurqunṭiya) / طَرْقِنْطِيَة f (ṭarqinṭiya) (obsolete), خُبْز الْغُرَاب m (ḵubz al-ḡurāb) (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, coulevrée
• German: Drachenwurz f
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• 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