Drink Tarragon
Tarragon - a sweet carbonated soft drink green. It has a cooling property. It is made from water, citric acid, sugar and extract of tarragon.
Tarragon, the name:
Latin - Artemisia dracunculus
Russian - tarragon, tarragon
English - tarragon Iceland - fafnisgras
Finnish - rakuna
Italian - dragoncella
For most people the word "wormwood" - a synonym for bitterness. For the gardener wormwood - is, first of all, a weed. However, there is one species of wormwood, which is virtually devoid of the usual bitter taste, and who - a welcome guest in the garden. This tarragon or tarragon. The very Latin name tarragon, Artemisia dracunculus, evokes associations with something medieval or even antique. So it is, although controversy about the origin of this name does not subside.
Mythology and history. Origin of name
The generic name of this plant, Artemisia, common to all polynyas, often associated with the goddess of hunting Artemis. Since Artemis is sometimes identified with the moon goddess Selena, it can be assumed that the so-called wormwood for reminding moonlight silver color of the leaves of many species of this plant. Often this is added that Artemis, they say, read, and as assistant in childbirth, as the goddess of fertility, and wormwood has amazing healing properties. To have something she possesses, but one of these properties is that wormwood has long been used for a missed period and as abortifacients. So this argument may sound, to put it mildly, is not convincing, unless you assume that it could be used to induction of labor.
According to another version, the name of all polynyas associated with the queen of Caria, which is well named - Artemisia. However, the queen, who lived in the IV century BC, famous mostly decent respect for the devotion and love for her brother and her husband Mausoleum. After his death, she erected a hitherto unheard of Halicarnassus tombstone, which is well named - the mausoleum. They say that Artemisia was also an expert on medicinal herbs, including wormwood, but, as in the case of Artemis, credible evidence that I could not be found . Finally, another version of the name Artemisia ties with the Greek word «artemes» - healthy, again because of the medicinal properties of wormwood.
The generic name Tarhunah, dracunculus, Latin for "little dragon" or "dragon." Again, there are several versions of its origin. It is possible that it is associated with a form of tarragon leaves. They are narrow and at the end sometimes divided into 2-3 lobes, thus resemble forked snake tongue (see fig. Below). It is possible that the whole matter in the form of its root, something resembling a snake. Or, tarragon has been awarded such a title because of the fact that, according to medieval beliefs, it helps against the bites of snakes and mad dogs. Although, like all believed to have magical qualities of wormwood, not singling out in this regard tarragon.
One way or another, but in many languages, including Arabic, Hebrew, many European languages and even the Chinese, the local names appear tarragon mention of a dragon. Interestingly Icelandic name of this herb - fafnisgras, which translates as "grass Fafnir." Fafnir the dragon's name was terrible legendary Norse mythology, the fallen hero Sigurd.
Tarragon - a sweet carbonated soft drink green. It has a cooling property. It is made from water, citric acid, sugar and extract of tarragon.
Tarragon, the name:
Latin - Artemisia dracunculus
Russian - tarragon, tarragon
English - tarragon Iceland - fafnisgras
Finnish - rakuna
Italian - dragoncella
For most people the word "wormwood" - a synonym for bitterness. For the gardener wormwood - is, first of all, a weed. However, there is one species of wormwood, which is virtually devoid of the usual bitter taste, and who - a welcome guest in the garden. This tarragon or tarragon. The very Latin name tarragon, Artemisia dracunculus, evokes associations with something medieval or even antique. So it is, although controversy about the origin of this name does not subside.
Mythology and history. Origin of name
The generic name of this plant, Artemisia, common to all polynyas, often associated with the goddess of hunting Artemis. Since Artemis is sometimes identified with the moon goddess Selena, it can be assumed that the so-called wormwood for reminding moonlight silver color of the leaves of many species of this plant. Often this is added that Artemis, they say, read, and as assistant in childbirth, as the goddess of fertility, and wormwood has amazing healing properties. To have something she possesses, but one of these properties is that wormwood has long been used for a missed period and as abortifacients. So this argument may sound, to put it mildly, is not convincing, unless you assume that it could be used to induction of labor.
According to another version, the name of all polynyas associated with the queen of Caria, which is well named - Artemisia. However, the queen, who lived in the IV century BC, famous mostly decent respect for the devotion and love for her brother and her husband Mausoleum. After his death, she erected a hitherto unheard of Halicarnassus tombstone, which is well named - the mausoleum. They say that Artemisia was also an expert on medicinal herbs, including wormwood, but, as in the case of Artemis, credible evidence that I could not be found . Finally, another version of the name Artemisia ties with the Greek word «artemes» - healthy, again because of the medicinal properties of wormwood.
The generic name Tarhunah, dracunculus, Latin for "little dragon" or "dragon." Again, there are several versions of its origin. It is possible that it is associated with a form of tarragon leaves. They are narrow and at the end sometimes divided into 2-3 lobes, thus resemble forked snake tongue (see fig. Below). It is possible that the whole matter in the form of its root, something resembling a snake. Or, tarragon has been awarded such a title because of the fact that, according to medieval beliefs, it helps against the bites of snakes and mad dogs. Although, like all believed to have magical qualities of wormwood, not singling out in this regard tarragon.
One way or another, but in many languages, including Arabic, Hebrew, many European languages and even the Chinese, the local names appear tarragon mention of a dragon. Interestingly Icelandic name of this herb - fafnisgras, which translates as "grass Fafnir." Fafnir the dragon's name was terrible legendary Norse mythology, the fallen hero Sigurd.
