The Collaborative International Dictionary
Polygonum Bistorta
Snakeweed \Snake"weed`\, n. (Bot.)
A kind of knotweed ( Polygonum Bistorta).
The Virginia snakeroot. See Snakeroot.
Polygonum bistorta
Adderwort \Ad"der*wort`\, n. (Bot.) The common bistort or snakeweed ( Polygonum bistorta).
Usage examples of "polygonum bistorta".
Miss Rohde (Old English Herbals) says: 'It is interesting to find that Turner identifies the Herba Britannica of Dioscorides and Pliny (famed for having cured the soldiers of Julius Caesar of scurvy in the Rhine country) with Polygonum bistorta, which he observed plentifully in Friesland, the scene of Pliny's observations.