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Definition of Tarragon
1. Noun. Aromatic perennial of southeastern Russia.
2. Noun. Fresh leaves (or leaves preserved in vinegar) used as seasoning.
Definition of Tarragon
1. n. A plant of the genus Artemisa (A. dracunculus), much used in France for flavoring vinegar.
Definition of Tarragon
1. Noun. A perennial herb, the wormwood species ''Artemisia dracunculus'', from Europe and parts of Asia. ¹
2. Noun. The leaves of this plant (either fresh, or preserved in vinegar / oil mixture) used as a seasoning. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tarragon
1. a perennial herb [n -S]
Medical Definition of Tarragon
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tarragon
Literary usage of Tarragon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The French Cook by Louis Eustache Ude (1822)
"Fowl with tarragon Sauce. TAKE a fine fowl, truss it and poele it as in No. 3.
When you are going to send it up to table, mask it with tarragon sauce, ..."
2. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1860)
"Bichloride of tin is poured upon anethol (or upon crude oil of anise or tarragon) ;
the thick red mass thus produced is precipitated with water ; and the ..."
3. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1862)
"The oils of tarragon and of bitter fennel appear each to contain a distinct ...
of essence of tarragon consisting of a modification which boils at 403°, ..."
4. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"The formula of tarragon oil is ... tarragon oil is chiefly used for scenting
vinegar. Wormwood oil, oleum absinthii, ..."
5. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints by Alban Butler (1866)
"SAINT FRUCTUOSUS, BISHOP OF tarragon, AND HIS COMPANIONS, MARTYRS. From hia most
valuable acts in Ruinart, quoted by St. Austin, Serm. ..."
6. Putnam's Vegetable Book by Mae Savell Croy (1917)
"When the necks of squashes are warty the fruit will be dry and poor in quality,
tarragon tarragon requires very little fertilization, but it likes plenty of ..."
7. Putnam's Vegetable Book by Mae Savell Croy (1917)
"tarragon tarragon requires very little fertilization, but it likes plenty of
sunlight. Very little moisture is required and only the ordinary amount of ..."
8. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1876)
"tarragon (Lat. dracunculus; Span-, tara- gona), an aromatic herb ... tarragon vinegar
is made by simply infusing the leaves in strong vinegar. ..."
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