dragonroot

[ drag-uhn-root, -root ]

noun
  1. See under dragon (def. 8).

Origin of dragonroot

1
First recorded in 1615–25; dragon + root1

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British Dictionary definitions for dragonroot

dragonroot

/ (ˈdræɡənˌruːt) /


noun
  1. a North American aroid plant, Arisaema dracontium, having a greenish spathe and a long pointed spadix

  2. the tuberous root of this plant, formerly used in medicine as an expectorant and diaphoretic

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