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bistort

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Bistort Root
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bis⋅tort

  [bis-tawrt]
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–noun
1. Also called snakeweed. a European plant, Polygonum bistorta, of the buckwheat family, having a twisted root, which is sometimes used as an astringent.
2. any of several related plants, as P. viviparum (alpine bistort).
Origin:
1570–80; < ML bistorta twice twisted. See bis 1 , tort
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Bistort Root
Harvested at height of potency. 20 Year, Family Run Herb Company.
www.BlessedHerbs.com
bis·tort   (bĭs'tôrt')   
n.  

  1. A Eurasian perennial herb (Polygonum bistorta) having cylindrical spikes of usually pink flowers and a rhizome used as an astringent in folk medicine.

  2. Any of certain related plants of the genus Polygonum.


[French bistorte, from Old French, from Medieval Latin *bistorta : Latin bis, twice; see bis + torta, past participle of torquēre, to twist; see torque1.]
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