bistort
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A plant with twisted roots that grows in wet fields and has pink flowers
- noun
- /ˈbɪstɔrt/
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bistorta
- The herbalist recommended using bistort for its medicinal properties to promote healing.
Examples
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In the damp meadow, the twisted roots of the bistort produced bright green leaves that excited local herbalists.
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Also growing in and along the rivulets are blue iris, white bistort (a type of smartweed), hemlock parsley, a couple of species of buttercups, and monument plant.
Academic text (1998) -
Along the stream, you can find bistort among other wildflowers, thriving in the moisture-rich earth.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bistort comes from old parts bi- 'twice' and stort 'twisted', a name that points to the plant's twisted root. So the name helps you remember this perennial meadow plant by its 'twice-twisted' root.