Definitions for bistort

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bistort bis·tort

Spelling: [bis-tawrt]

IPA: /ˈbɪs tɔrt/

Bistort is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 157 anagrams from letters in bistort (biorstt).

Definitions for bistort

noun

1. Also called snakeweed. a European plant, Polygonum bistorta, of the buckwheat family, having a twisted root, which is sometimes used as an astringent.
2. any of several related plants, as P. viviparum (alpine bistort)

Origin of bistort

First recorded in 1570-80, bistort is from the Medieval Latin word bistorta twice twisted. See bis¹, tort

Examples for bistort

Adder's-wort, a name of snakeweed or bistort (Polygŏnum bistorta), from its supposed virtue in curing the bite of serpents.

The roots of bistort and tormentil, and bark of pomegranate, equal parts.

From the dried root of bistort or snake-weed (Polygonum bistorta), by percolation with temperate distilled water.

bistort makes pink islands amid hay grass that waits the scythe.