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Any of several weedy composite plants of the genus Artemisia
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mugwort
Word definitions for mugwort in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English mugcwyrt , literally "midge wort," from West Germanic *muggiwurti , from *muggjo- "fly" (see midge ) + root of wort .\n
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mugwort \Mug"wort`\, n. [AS. mucgwyrt. Cf. Midge .] (Bot.) A somewhat aromatic composite weed ( Artemisia vulgaris ), at one time used medicinally; -- called also motherwort .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context botany English) Any of several aromatic plants of the genus ''Artemisia'' native to Europe and Asia. 2 (taxlink Artemisia vulgaris species noshow=1), traditionally used medicinally.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Mugwort is a common name for several species of aromatic plants in the genus Artemisia . In Europe, mugwort most often refers to the species Artemisia vulgaris , or common mugwort. While other species are sometimes referred to by more specific common names, ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any of several weedy composite plants of the genus Artemisia
Usage examples of mugwort.
Shizuka often roamed the mountains gathering wild mushrooms, mugwort to make moxa with, bugle and madder for dyes, and the other, deadlier harvest from which Kenji prepared poison.
He wondered what these men would think if they found themselves lacking soaps for their linen, out of mugwort to dissuade the lice and moth from their gowns, with no bay leaves to keep the weevils out of the flour.
Underbrush was scantier, and trees larger, than near Sybil Brown's cottage, and the mossy groundcover, which had been cheerfully sprinkled with dogwood and saxifrage near the wizard's castle, began more and more to sprout mugwort, lousewort, fly-specked orchia, skunk cabbage, wax flowers and the deceptively demure pink bell-like blossoms of poisonous bog rosemary.