Artemisia dracunculus
Synonyms:
Estragon
Categories: Ayurvedic Medicine, Essential Oil, Food, Homeopathic Medicine, Medicinal Plant, Native American Medicine, Oil, Powder, Russian Folk Medicine, Tea, Tincture, Traditional Chinese Medicine
Tarragon (Wiktionary)
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French targon (cf. modern estragon), from Medieval Latin tragonia, from Arabic طَرْخُون (ṭarḵūn), ultimately from Ancient Greek δρακόντιον (drakóntion, “edder-wort, Dracunculus vulgaris”), from δράκων (drákōn, “dragon, serpent”).
Pronunciation
- (General American, Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA(key): /ˈtæɹəɡɑn/, /ˈtæɹəɡən/
- (General American,
