adderwort

English

Persicaria bistorta

Alternative forms

adder's wort

Etymology

adder +‎ wort, as it was reputed to cure snakebite.

Noun

adderwort (countable and uncountable, plural adderworts)

Common bistort (Bistorta officinalis, syn. Persicaria bistorta) or snakeweed.

Further reading

“adderwort”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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