"wormseed" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wormseeds [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English wormsede, wormesede, worme sede, wyrmsed, equivalent to worm + seed. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wormsede}} Middle English wormsede, {{com|en|worm|seed}} worm + seed Head templates: {{en-noun}} wormseed (plural wormseeds)
  1. An aromatic tropical plant (Dysphania ambrosioides, syn. Chenopodium ambrosioides) that yields an anthelmintic oil Categories (lifeform): Goosefoot subfamily plants Synonyms (Dysphania ambrosoides): Jesuit's tea, Mexican tea, epazote, Jerusalem oak, drug wormseed, bluebush, Indian goosefoot, Jerusalem tea, Spanish tea
    Sense id: en-wormseed-en-noun-h1Ilqnt~ Disambiguation of Goosefoot subfamily plants: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'Dysphania ambrosoides': 100 0
  2. Santonica or Levant wormseed (Seriphidium cinum, syn. Artemisia cina), an Asian plant related to wormwood. Categories (lifeform): Artemisias, Goosefoot subfamily plants
    Sense id: en-wormseed-en-noun-RHwDpLuA Disambiguation of Artemisias: 41 59 Disambiguation of Goosefoot subfamily plants: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: wormseed mustard (taxonomic: Erysimum cheiranthoides)

Inflected forms

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