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ˈdragon-root
†1. The root of dragonwort or dragons. Obs.
1621Burton Anat. Mel. ii. iv. ii. ii, These are very gentle [purgers], alyppus, dragon root, centaury, ditany.
2. In U.S. applied to the tuberous roots of various species of Arisæma; also to the plants themselves.
1866Treas. Bot. s.v. Arisæma, The Dragon-root, or Indian turnip of America, is the tuber of A. atrorubens, which furnishes a kind of starch. Ibid. 427 Dragon Root, Arisæma atrorubens; also..Arisæma Dracontium. 1889Chambers' Encycl. s.v., Dragon-root..of which the acrid tuber is applied to various uses in domestic medicine. |