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mugwort
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mugwort has 1 sense
- mugwort(n = noun.plant) Array - any of several weedy composite plants of the genus Artemisia; Array is a member of genus artemisia
is a kind of wormwood
has particulars: artemisia gnaphalodes, artemisia ludoviciana, cudweed, prairie sage, western mugwort, white sage, artemisia vulgaris, common mugwort
CIDE DICTIONARY
mugwort, n. [AS. mucgwyrt. Cf. Midge.].
A somewhat aromatic composite weed (Artemisia vulgaris ), at one time used medicinally; -- called also motherwort . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mugwort, n. any of various plants of the genus Artemisia, esp. A. vulgaris, with silver-grey aromatic foliage.
Etymology
OE mucgwyrt (as MIDGE, WORT)
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