tarragon
noun/ˈtærəɡən/
/ˈtærəɡən/
[uncountable]- a plant with leaves that have a strong taste and are used in cooking as a herbTopics Foodc2Word Originmid 16th cent.: representing medieval Latin tragonia and tarchon, perhaps from an Arabic alteration of Greek drakōn ‘dragon’ (by association with drakontion ‘dragon arum’).
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