Definition of Artemisia

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aromatic herb
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species of Artemisia| wormwood| mugwort; similar plants| ambrosia| botrys
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
(n.)
A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort, southernwood, and wormwood. Of these A. absinthium, or common wormwood, is well known, and A. tridentata is the sage brush of the Rocky Mountain region.
  
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artemisia
\ar`te*mi"si*a\ (?rt&esl;"m&ibreve;zh"&ibreve;*&adot; or ?rt&esl;"m&ibreve;sh"&ibreve;*&adot;), n. [l. artemisia, gr. 'artemisi`a.] (bot.) a genus of plants including the plants called mugwort, southernwood, and wormwood. of these a. absinthium, or common wormwood, is well known, and a. tridentata is the sage brush of the rocky mountain region.


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 artemisia dracunculus 
 artemisia frigida 
 artemisia gnaphalodes 
 artemisia stelleriana 
 artemisia absinthium 
WordNet 2.0

Noun
1. any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic green or grayish foliage
(hypernym) shrub, bush
(hyponym) tarragon, estragon, Artemisia dracunculus
(member-holonym) genus Artemisia
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Artemisia can mean:

Botany
  • Artemisia (genus), a genus of plants including the sagebrush and wormwood

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