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ar·te·mis·i·a 
[ahr-tuh-miz-ee-uh, -mizh-, -mish-] Pronunciation Key
[ahr-tuh-miz-ee-uh, -mizh-, -mish-] Pronunciation Key –noun
| any of several composite plants of the genus Artemisia, having aromatic foliage and small disk flowers, including the sagebrush, wormwood, and mugwort. |
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| ar·te·mis·i·a
(är'tə-mĭzh'ē-ə, -mĭzh'ə, -mĭz'ē-ə) Pronunciation Key
n. Any of various aromatic plants of the genus Artemisia in the composite family, having green or grayish foliage and usually numerous small discoid flower heads and including the mugwort, sagebrush, tarragon, and wormweed. [Middle English artemesie, mugwort, from Old French, from Latin artemisia, from Greek, wormwood, after Artemis (to whom it was sacred).] |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| artemisia | |
noun | |
| any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic green or greyish foliage |
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Artemisia
Ar`te*mi"si*a\ ([aum]rt[-e]"m[i^]zh"[i^]*[.a] or [aum]rt[-e]"m[i^]sh"[i^]*[.a]), n. [L. Artemisia, Gr. 'Artemisi`a.] (Bot.) A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort, southernwood, and wormwood. Of these A. absinthium, or common wormwood, is well known, and A. tridentata is the sage brush of the Rocky Mountain region.
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