Arabic Word · Intermediate

طرخون

tarragon, estragon (Artemisia dracunculus, growing plant and processed form)

Pronunciation: /tˤar.xuːn/

Meaning

tarragon, estragon (Artemisia dracunculus, growing plant and processed form)

Example

الثمرا هي من أنواع الشبرم وفي كتاب ابن سينا الشبرم ينبت في البساتين له قصب دقيق مستو ذو زغب وورق كورق الطرخون فيما أفدر وله لين

The ṯamrā is a type of spurge and in Avicenna’s book the spurge grows in gardens and has tender and even sticks of down and leaves like the leaves of tarragon but larger and it

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