estragon

Other forms of estragon

plural

estragons·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about estragon

What does estragon mean?

estragon means "aromatic perennial of southeastern Russia". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in estragon?

estragon has 3 syllables: e-stra-gon. The stress falls on "e".

What is another word for estragon?

Close synonyms include tarragon, Artemisia dracunculus, tarragon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is estragon a common word?

estragon is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.