adderwort

English

Persicaria bistorta

Alternative forms

• adder's wort

Etymology

adder +‎ wort, as it was reputed to cure snakebite.

Noun

adderwort (countable and uncountable, plural adderworts)

1. Common bistort (Bistorta officinalis, syn. Persicaria bistorta) or snakeweed.

Related terms

• adder's grass

Further reading

• “adderwort”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.