tarragon

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tar·ra·gon /ˈtærəɡən/ noun [uncountable]  DFCthe leaves of a small European plant, used in cooking to give food a special taste 龙蒿叶〔一种欧洲植物，烹调时用于调味〕 chicken with tarragon 龙蒿叶煮鸡肉

Examples from the Corpus

tarragon• Stir in tomato paste and tarragon.• Pan-fried Louisiana crab cakes with remoulade sauce and Cobb salad with creamy tarragon sauce are perennial lunchtime favorites.• Bordeaux mustards are darker and milder and often contain flavourings such as vinegar or herbs, especially tarragon.• Billed as a remoulade, it was more like a homemade mayo with lots of chopped capers and fresh tarragon.• Garnish with sprigs of parsley or a few fresh tarragon leaves and serve with crusty bread.• Stir in tarragon, parsley, chicken, corn and leeks.• Mix with the finely chopped shallots, tarragon and parsley.• Scented by infusion with wild tarragon, like no other sorbet I have ever tasted, a mere thimbleful did the trick.Origin tarragon (1500-1600) Old French targon, from Arabic tarkhun

tar·ra·gon nounChineseSyllable  

of Corpus leaves cooking the European a in plant, used small

tarragon
tar‧ra‧gon /ˈtærəɡən/ noun [uncountable]the leaves of a small European plant, used in cooking to give food a special taste:
    chicken with tarragon

tar·ra·gonBrE /ˈtærəɡən/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtærəɡən/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]

a plant with leaves that have a strong taste and are used in cooking as a herb 龙蒿（用于烹调）