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Answer for the clue "Rank-smelling tropical American pigweed ", 8 letters:
wormseed

Word definitions for wormseed in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. rank-smelling tropical American pigweed [syn: American wormseed , Mexican tea , Spanish tea , Chenopodium ambrosioides ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Wormseed is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Dysphania ambrosioides , American wormseed or epazote , a culinary and medicinal herb from Central and South America Artemisia cina an Asian medicinal plant

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An aromatic tropical plant, ''Chenopodium ambrosioides'', that yields an anthelmintic oil

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wormseed \Worm"seed`\, n. (Bot.) Any one of several plants, as Artemisia santonica , and Chenopodium anthelminticum , whose seeds have the property of expelling worms from the stomach and intestines. Wormseed mustard , a slender, cruciferous plant ( Erysinum ...

Usage examples of wormseed.

Iza was making herself a wormseed tea to encourage the flow of milk and to relieve the painful cramps of her uterus contracting back to its normal shape.