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Artemisia Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
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species of Artemisia| wormwood| mugwort; similar plants| ambrosia| botrys
species of Artemisia| wormwood| mugwort; similar plants| ambrosia| botrys
Artemisia Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA 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.
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.
similar words(5)
artemisia dracunculus
artemisia frigida
artemisia gnaphalodes
artemisia stelleriana
artemisia absinthium
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
Artemisia Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Artemisia can mean:
Botany
- Artemisia (genus), a genus of plants including the sagebrush and wormwood
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