† dragonwortn.
Obsolete.
1. The plant Dracunculus vulgaris; = dragons n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Araceae (wake-robin and allies) > [noun]
dragonsc1000
cuckoo-pintlea1400
yekestersea1400
aaron?c1425
calf's-footc1450
cuckoo-spitc1450
rampa1500
priest's hood1526
wake-robin1530
green dragon1538
arum1551
cuckoo-pint1551
dragonwort1565
priest's pintle1578
tarragon1591
starch root1596
friar's cowl1597
friar's-hood1597
starchwort1597
dragon serpentine1598
dragon's-herb1600
small dragonwort1674
dumb cane1696
skunk weed1735
polecat weed1743
lords and ladies1755
mucka-mucka1769
skunk cabbage1778
bloody man's finger1787
green dragon1789
swamp-cabbage1792
priest in the pulpit1837
orontiad1846
arad1853
cows and calves1853
bulls and cows1863
skunk cabbage1869
aroid1876
Adam and Eve1877
stallion1878
cunjevoi1889
1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus Dracontium..Dragonwort, or dragens.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. vi. 322 It is thought..that those which carrie about them the leaues or rootes of great Dragonwurtes, cannot be hurt nor stong of Vipers and Serpentes.
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 4 A certaine experimentall vnguent..made of..the rootes of Dragonwort.
2. small dragonwort: the common Arum or Wake-robin.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Araceae (wake-robin and allies) > [noun]
dragonsc1000
cuckoo-pintlea1400
yekestersea1400
aaron?c1425
calf's-footc1450
cuckoo-spitc1450
rampa1500
priest's hood1526
wake-robin1530
green dragon1538
arum1551
cuckoo-pint1551
dragonwort1565
priest's pintle1578
tarragon1591
starch root1596
friar's cowl1597
friar's-hood1597
starchwort1597
dragon serpentine1598
dragon's-herb1600
small dragonwort1674
dumb cane1696
skunk weed1735
polecat weed1743
lords and ladies1755
mucka-mucka1769
skunk cabbage1778
bloody man's finger1787
green dragon1789
swamp-cabbage1792
priest in the pulpit1837
orontiad1846
arad1853
cows and calves1853
bulls and cows1863
skunk cabbage1869
aroid1876
Adam and Eve1877
stallion1878
cunjevoi1889
1674 J. Blagrave Suppl. to Culpeppers Eng. Physitian 54 Aron maculatum; in English, small Dragon-wort, and speckled Aron.
3. The Snakeweed, Polygonum Bistorta. rare.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Polygonaceae (dock and allies) > [noun] > bistort and allies
adderwortOE
arsesmarta1300
persicarya1400
persicaria?a1450
polygonya1500
buckwheat1548
polygonum1562
passions1568
bistort1578
oysterloit1578
goat's wheat1597
peachwort1597
plumbago1597
redshank1597
snake-weed1597
dragonwort1656
smartweed1787
patience dock1796
red-legs1820
passion dock1828
smartgrass1837
mud knotweed1845
jointweed1866
tear-thumb1866
pinch-weed1883
knotweed1884
sachaline1901
1656 N. Culpeper Eng. Physitian Enlarged 35 Bistort..is called Snake~weed,..Dragonwort.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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