adderwort

== English == === Alternative forms === adder's wort === Etymology === adder +‎ wort, as it was reputed to cure snakebite. === Noun === adderwort (countable and uncountable, plural adderworts) Common bistort (Bistorta officinalis, syn. Persicaria bistorta) or snakeweed. ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “adderwort”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.