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Tarragon

Tar′ra-gon

,

Noun.

[Sp.

taragona

, Ar.

tarkh[GREEK]n

; perhaps fr. Gr. [GREEK] a dragon, or L.

draco

; cf. L.

dracunculus

tarragon. Cf.

.]

(Bot.)

A plant of the genus

Artemisa

(

Artemisa dracunculus

), much used in France for flavoring vinegar.

Definition 2024

tarragon

tarragon

English

Noun

tarragon ‎(usually uncountable, plural tarragons)

A perennial herb, the wormwood species Artemisia dracunculus, from Europe and parts of Asia.
The leaves of this plant (either fresh, or preserved in vinegar / oil mixture) used as a seasoning.

Synonyms

estragon, dragon's wort, French tarragon, Russian tarragon, silky wormwood, wild tarragon

Translations

perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus

Arabic: طَرْخْوْن m ‎(ṭarḵwn)
Armenian: թարխուն (hy) ‎(tʿarxun)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蛇蒿 (zh) ‎(shéhāo), 龍蒿 (zh), 龙蒿 (zh) ‎(lónghāo), 狹葉青蒿, 狭叶青蒿 ‎(xiáyè qīnghāo), 他拉根香草 ‎(tālāgēn xiāngcǎo), 香艾菊 ‎(xiāng'àijú)
Czech: pelyněk kozalec (cs) m
Danish: estragon (da) c
Dutch: dragon (nl)
Esperanto: estragono
Finnish: rakuuna (fi)
French: estragon (fr)
Georgian: ტარხუნა (ka) ‎(ṭarxuna)
German: Estragon (de) m

Greek: εστραγκόν n ‎(estrankón)
Hungarian: tárkony (hu)
Ido: estragono (io)
Italian: estragone, dragoncello (it)
Manx: dragane m
Persian: ترخون (fa)
Polish: estragon (pl) m
Portuguese: estragão m
Romanian: tarhon (ro) m
Russian: эстраго́н (ru) m ‎(estragón), тарху́н (ru) m ‎(tarxún)
Slovene: pehtran (sl) m
Spanish: estragón m
Swedish: dragon (sv) c
Tagalog: estragon

the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus

Arabic: طَرْخُون m ‎(ṭarḵūn)
Armenian: թարխուն (hy) ‎(tʿarxun)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蛇蒿 (zh) ‎(shéhāo), 龍蒿 (zh), 龙蒿 (zh) ‎(lónghāo), 狹葉青蒿, 狭叶青蒿 ‎(xiáyè qīnghāo), 他拉根香草 ‎(tālāgēn xiāngcǎo), 香艾菊 ‎(xiāng'àijú)
Czech: estragon (cs) m
Danish: estragon (da) c
Esperanto: estragono
Finnish: rakuuna (fi)
Georgian: ტარხუნა (ka) ‎(ṭarxuna)
German: Estragon (de)
Greek: εστραγκόν n ‎(estrankón)

Hungarian: tárkony (hu)
Ido: estragono (io)
Irish: dragan m
Manx: dragane m
Persian: ترخون (fa) ‎(tarxun)
Polish: estragon (pl) m
Portuguese: estragão m
Russian: эстраго́н (ru) m ‎(estragón), тарху́н (ru) m ‎(tarxún)
Slovene: pehtran (sl) m
Spanish: estragón m
Swedish: dragon (sv) c
Tagalog: estragon

References

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Anagrams

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