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worm⋅seed

  [wurm-seed]
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–noun
1. the dried, unexpanded flower heads of a wormwood, Artemisia cina (Levant wormseed), or the fruit of certain goosefoots, esp. Chenopodium anthelminticum (or C. ambrosioides), the Mexican tea or American wormseed, used as an anthelmintic drug.
2. any of these plants.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME wyrmsed. See worm, seed
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worm·seed   (wûrm'sēd')   
n.  

  1. A tropical American plant (Chenopodium ambrosioides) yielding an oil used as an anthelmintic. Also called epazote, Jerusalem oak, Mexican tea.

  2. Any of several other plants used as an anthelmintic.

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Main Entry: worm·seed
Pronunciation: 'w&rm-"sEd
Function: noun
1 : any of various plants whose seeds possess anthelmintic properties: as a : any of several artemisias b : MEXICAN TEA
2 a : the fruit of theMexican tea b : SANTONICA; also : LEVANT WORMSEED
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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