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† traˈgonce Obs. rare—1.
[app. an altered form of dragonce, one of the 15–17th c. forms of the plant-name dragons (Arum Dracunculus, now Dracunculus vulgaris); the variation of d and t being due to the confusion between dragontia, -cia, and taragontia, -cia, and the inclusion by 16th c. herbalists under Δρακοντία, Dracontia, or Dracunculus, of both Dragons (Arun Dracunculus) and Tarragon (Artemisia Dracunculus); an inclusion commemorated in the existing botanical names. See etymological note s.v. tarragon.]
= dragons (or ? tarragon).
1575Turberv. Venerie 43 She purgeth hir with the hearbe called Tragonce. |