[muhg-wurt, -wawrt] 
| any of certain weedy composite plants of the genus Artemisia, esp. A. vulgaris, having aromatic leaves and small, greenish flower heads. |
| mug·wort (mŭg'wûrt', -wôrt') n. Any of several aromatic plants of the genus Artemisia, especially A. vulgaris, native to Eurasia and sometimes used as a condiment. [Middle English mugwort, mugwyrt, from Old English mucgwyrt : mucg-, variant of mycg, midge + wyrt, plant; see wort1.] |
