artemisia
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
artemisia /ˌɑːtɪˈmɪzɪə/
▶noun an aromatic or bitter-tasting plant of a genus that includes wormwood, some species of which are used in herbal medicine. [Genus Artemisia.]
– origin ME: via L. from Gk, ‘wormwood’, named after the Greek goddess Artemis.
'artemisia' also found in these Oxford entries:
artemisinin
- dusty miller
- mugwort
- ragweed
- sagebrush
- southernwood
- tarragon
- wormseed
- wormwood
