English word senses marked with lifeform category "Artemisias"

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Total 57 word senses

• African wormwood (Noun) An aromatic African plant, with many traditional medicinal uses, Artemisia afra
• California mugwort (Noun) A fragrant perennial herb resembling mugwort native to western North America from Washington to northern Baja California, Artemisia douglasiana
• Chinese mugwort (Noun) A herbaceous perennial plant from one of two species, Artemisia argyi or Artemisia verlotiorum, used in traditional Chinese medicine.
• Great Basin sagebrush (Noun) A woody, pungently aromatic low shrub, Artemisia tridentata, very common in the Great Basin and other arid regions of western North America.
• Roman wormwood (Noun) A smaller relative of wormwood, Artemisia pontica
• abrotanum (Noun) A bushy wormwood from Europe, sometimes used in the brewing of beer, southernwood, Artemisia abrotanum.
• absinthe (Noun) The herb absinthium Artemisia absinthium (grande wormwood); essence of wormwood.
• absinthin (Noun) The principal compound found in wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), having a bitter taste: C₁₅H₂₀O₄
• absinthium (Noun) Common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter herb used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.
• annual wormwood (Noun) An Asian aromatic herb, widely naturalized, Artemisia annua, the source of the antimalarial drug artemisinin.
• artemisia (Noun) Any of many aromatic flowering plants of the genus Artemisia, including wormwood, sagebrush, and tarragon, often used as traditional medicine, oral contraceptive and flavoring.
• big sagebrush (Noun) Great Basin sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)
• bitterweed (Noun) Any plant in the genus Ambrosia, especially Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed).
• black sage (Noun) Any member of the species Salvia mellifera of aromatic sage native to California, which are an important nectar source for sage honey.
• black sage (Noun) Wooly bluecurls (Trichostema lanatum)
• black sage (Noun) Wild sage (Cordia spp.), especially Cordia curassavica (syn. Cordia macrostachya)
• black sage (Noun) Certain sagebrushes (Artemisia arbuscula and Artemisia tridentata)
• dragon's wort (Noun) A perennial herb, tarragon, Artemisia dracunculus.
• dragon's wort (Noun) Dracunculus vulgaris, dragon arum, a flowering plant in the arum (Araceae) family.
• dragon's wort (Noun) Bistorta officinalis (common bistort, a plant in the knotweed (Polygonaceae) family, once classified as Persicaria bistorta and Polygonum bistorta.
• dragon's wort (Noun) Arisaema dracontium, green dragon, a herbaceous perennial native to North America.
• dusty miller (Noun) Any of several species of plants with leaves of a dusty appearance: Centaurea cineraria, Jacobaea maritima, Artemisia stelleriana, Spyridium parvifolium, and Silene coronaria, syn. Lychnis coronaria.
• estragon (Noun) tarragon
• grande wormwood (Noun) The herb wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), which is used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.
• hyssop (Noun) Any of several aromatic bushy herbs, of the genus Hyssopus, native to Southern Europe and once used medicinally.
• hyssop (Noun) Any of several similar plants
• hyssop (Noun) Any of several similar plants:; Agastache foeniculum, blue giant hyssop.
• hyssop (Noun) The sagebrush (Artemisia spp.).
• hyssop (Noun) A plant used used for sprinkling of blood or water in purification rituals and at Passover, Origanum syriacum.
• jaceosidin (Noun) A pharmacologically flavone found in Artemisia species.
• motherwort (Noun) Any of several perennial plants of the genus Leonurus, especially Leonurus cardiaca, used in traditional medicine to help with childbirth or treat uterine disorders.
• motherwort (Noun) Artemisia vulgaris.
• moxa (Noun) A woolly material obtained from the dried leaves of an Asian species of mugwort, such as Artemisia argyi, as used in moxibustion.
• mugwort (Noun) Any of several aromatic plants of the genus Artemisia native to Europe and Asia.
• old man (Noun) Synonym of Old Adam
• old woman (Noun) The plant sea wormwood.
• sage (Adjective) Grave; serious; solemn.
• sage (Noun) A wise person or spiritual teacher; someone of gravity and wisdom, especially, a teacher venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave or stoic philosopher.
• sage (Noun) The plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.
• sage (Noun) Any plant in the genus Salvia.
• sage (Noun) Any of a number of plants such as sagebrush considered to be similar to Salvia officinalis, mostly because they are small shrubs and have gray foliage or are aromatic.
• sagebrush (Noun) Any of several North American aromatic shrubs of the genus Artemisia, having silvery-grey, green leaves.
• sagewort (Noun) Any of a number of perennial herbs in the genus Artemisia which have the aromatic gray or silver foliage of the sagebrushes, but are not shrubby enough to be termed brush.
• santonica (Noun) An Asian plant (Seriphidium cinum, syn. Artemisia cina), related to wormwood, which has been used since ancient times as a vermifuge due to its santonin content.
• santonin (Noun) An anthelmintic found in santonica and related plants.
• scoparone (Noun) An organic compound found in the Chinese herb Artemisia scoparia.
• sea wormwood (Noun) Artemisia maritima, a European wormwood.
• semen contra (Noun) A strong aromatic bitter drug, imported from Aleppo and Barbary, said to consist of the leaves, peduncles, and unexpanded flowers of various species of Artemisia; wormseed.
• semencine (Noun) santonica
• southernwood (Noun) An aromatic shrub, Artemisia abrotanum, related to wormwood.
• southernwort (Noun) Synonym of southernwood
• sweet Annie (Noun) A fragrant Asian herb, widely naturalized, Artemisia annua, the source of the antimalarial drug artemisinin
• sweet wormwood (Noun) A fragrant Asian herb, Artemisia annua, widely naturalized, the source of the antimalarial drug artemisinin
• tarragon (Noun) A perennial herb, the wormwood species Artemisia dracunculus, from Europe and parts of Asia.
• threetip sagebrush (Noun) Artemisia tripartita, a sagebrush plant.
• wormseed (Noun) Santonica or Levant wormseed (Seriphidium cinum, syn. Artemisia cina), an Asian plant related to wormwood.
• wormwood (Noun) An intensely bitter herb (Artemisia absinthium and similar plants in genus Artemisia) used in medicine, in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.

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