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estragon

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es⋅tra⋅gon

[es-truh-gon]
–noun
tarragon.

tar⋅ra⋅gon

[tar-uh-gon, -guhn]
–noun
1. an Old World plant, Artemisia dracunculus, having aromatic leaves used for seasoning.
2. the leaves themselves.
Also called estragon.


Origin:
1530–40; earlier taragon < MF targon, var. of tarc(h)on < ML < MGk tarchn < Ar ṭarkhūn < Gk drákōn lit., dragon; cf. L dracunculus tarragon
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