noun

tarragon

tarragon

Add a sprig of tarragon to the chicken.

Add a sprig of tarragon to the chicken.

Tarragon is a key ingredient in béarnaise sauce.

Tarragon is a key ingredient in béarnaise sauce.

((tarragon)) an aromatic herb used in cooking Add some tarragon to the sauce.

Synonyms: estragon (another name for the herb)

From French 'estragon', from Latin 'dracunculus' meaning 'little dragon', due to the root's serpentine shape.

Sounds like 'terra-gon'. Imagine a dragon ('-gon') from the earth ('terra') that tastes like this herb.

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