"dragonwort" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dragonworts [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{com|en|dragon|wort}} dragon + wort, {{cog|enm|dragaunce}} Middle English dragaunce, {{m|enm|dragunce}} dragunce, {{m|enm|dragance}} dragance, {{m|enm|dragans|t=dragonwort}} dragans (“dragonwort”), {{cog|fro|dragonce}} Old French dragonce, {{m|fro|dragance}} dragance, {{cog|ML.|draguncia}} Medieval Latin draguncia, {{m|la|dragancia|t=dragonwort}} dragancia (“dragonwort”), {{m|la|dracontium|t=dragonwort}} dracontium (“dragonwort”), {{der|en|grc|δρακόντιον|t=dragonwort}} Ancient Greek δρακόντιον (drakóntion, “dragonwort”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} dragonwort (plural dragonworts)
  1. A perennial herb of Europe and Asia, Bistorta officinalis (syns. Persicaria bistorta, Polygonum bistorta), formerly used as an astringent. Categories (lifeform): Arum family plants, Buckwheat family plants Synonyms (Persicaria bistorta): adderwort, bistort, Easter giant, patience dock, red legs, snakeweed, sweet dock Translations (a perennial herb of Europe and Asia, Bistorta officinalis): bistorta [feminine] (Catalan), hadí kořen větší [masculine] (Czech), isokonnantatar (Finnish), Schlangen-Knöterich [masculine] (German), bistorta [feminine] (Portuguese), llysiau'r neidr [masculine, plural] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-dragonwort-en-noun-srnIBE98 Disambiguation of Arum family plants: 58 42 Disambiguation of Buckwheat family plants: 69 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 64 36 Disambiguation of 'Persicaria bistorta': 80 20 Disambiguation of 'a perennial herb of Europe and Asia, Bistorta officinalis': 78 22
  2. A perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris. Translations (a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris): ἄφρισσα (áphrissa) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), δρακόντιον (drakóntion) (Ancient Greek), لُوف الحَيّة (lūf al-ḥayya) [masculine] (Arabic), لُوف الجَعْد (lūf al-jaʕd) [masculine] (Arabic), لُوف جَعْدِيّ (lūf jaʕdiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), لُوف أَرْقَط (lūf ʔarqaṭ) [masculine] (Arabic), لُوف كَبِير (lūf kabīr) [masculine] (Arabic), صَرَّاخَة (ṣarrāḵa) [Al-Andalus, feminine] (Arabic), فِيلْجُوش (fīljūš) [masculine, obsolete] (Arabic), طُرْقُنْطِيَة (ṭurqunṭiya) [masculine] (Arabic), طَرْقِنْطِيَة (ṭarqinṭiya) [feminine, obsolete] (Arabic), خُبْز الْغُرَاب (ḵubz al-ḡurāb) [masculine, obsolete] (Arabic), دْرَاقُنْطِيُون (drāqunṭiyūn) [masculine, obsolete] (Arabic), قُلُبْرِيَالَّة (qulubriyālla) [Al-Andalus, feminine] (Arabic), dragoneta [feminine] (Catalan), colobra [feminine] (Catalan), dragontina [feminine] (Catalan), dragontea [feminine] (Catalan), serpentària [feminine] (Catalan), kreikanlohikäärmevehka (Finnish), gouet [masculine] (French), serpentine [feminine] (French), serpentaine [feminine] (French), serpentaire [feminine] (French), coulevrée (French), Drachenwurz [feminine] (German), δρακοντιά (drakontiá) [feminine] (Greek), dracunculus [masculine] (Latin), colubrīna [Medieval, feminine] (Latin), serpentīna [feminine] (Latin), serpentīnāria [Medieval, feminine] (Latin), vīperīna [Medieval, feminine] (Latin), dracontea [Medieval, feminine] (Latin), ییلان یاصدغی (yılan yasdığı) (Ottoman Turkish), فیل گوش (fil gôš) (Persian), zmijinac [Croatian, masculine, regional] (Serbo-Croatian), zmijavčica f and zmijavičica [Croatian, feminine, regional] (Serbo-Croatian), dragontea [feminine] (Spanish), zumillo [masculine] (Spanish), dragoneta [feminine] (Spanish), yılan yastığı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-dragonwort-en-noun-Hf4rxmKJ Disambiguation of 'a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris': 15 85

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          "sense": "a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris",
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    "dragonwort"
  ],
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}
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      "sense": "a perennial herb of Europe and Asia, Bistorta officinalis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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        "plural"
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    },
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "لُوف الحَيّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "لُوف الجَعْد"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "lūf jaʕdiyy",
      "sense": "a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "لُوف جَعْدِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "lūf ʔarqaṭ",
      "sense": "a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "لُوف أَرْقَط"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "لُوف كَبِير"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris",
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        "Al-Andalus",
        "feminine"
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    },
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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    },
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      "code": "ar",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris",
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      "word": "colobra"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "word": "dragontina"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris",
      "word": "kreikanlohikäärmevehka"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "serpentaine"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris",
      "word": "coulevrée"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Drachenwurz"
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    {
      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "drakontiá",
      "sense": "a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "δρακοντιά"
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    {
      "code": "grc",
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      "roman": "áphrissa",
      "sense": "a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "drakóntion",
      "sense": "a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris",
      "word": "δρακόντιον"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "colubrīna"
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    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "serpentīna"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris",
      "tags": [
        "Medieval",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "serpentīnāria"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "vīperīna"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "dracontea"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "yılan yasdığı",
      "sense": "a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris",
      "word": "ییلان یاصدغی"
    },
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "fil gôš",
      "sense": "a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris",
      "word": "فیل گوش"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris",
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        "masculine",
        "regional"
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      "sense": "a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris",
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        "feminine",
        "regional"
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      "sense": "a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris",
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        "feminine"
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    },
    {
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "a perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris",
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      "code": "tr",
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