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bistort

[bis-tawrt]

noun

Also called snakeweed. a European plant, Polygonum bistorta, of the buckwheat family, having a twisted root, which is sometimes used as an astringent.

any of several related plants, as P. viviparum (alpine bistort).

Origin:
1570–80; < Medieval Latin bistorta twice twisted. See bis¹, tort

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bistort (ˈbɪstɔːt)

—n
1.	snakeroot, snakeweed, Also called: Easter-ledges a Eurasian polygonaceous plant, Polygonum bistorta, having leaf stipules fused to form a tube around the stem and a spike of small pink flowers
2.	Also called: snakeroot a related plant, Polygonum bistortoides, of W North America, with oval clusters of pink or white flowers
3.	any of several other plants of the genus Polygonum

[C16: from French bistorte, from Latin bis twice + tortus from torquēre to twist]

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