Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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 mugwort, sagebrush, tarragon, and wormwood.
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- noun botany Any of many
aromatic flowering plants of the genusArtemisia , includingwormwood ,sagebrush , andtarragon .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Mingled with the artemisia was a shrubby and thorny chenopodiaceous plant.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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Botanical research efforts that received recent federal funding include:- Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, to investigate how supplements such as artemisia and St. John's wort can reduce a person's chances of developing metabolic syndrome.
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It is engaging to note that the Arabs used to feed their sheep wormwood as great as artemisia that have been both great known as spices for service from behind pain.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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It is engaging to note that the Arabs used to feed their sheep wormwood as great as artemisia that have been both great known as spices for service from behind pain.
Islamic Healing A-Z A's admin 2009
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There are 400 kinds of artemisia, including southernwood and tarragon, all pungent, and ready to plant.
A New Whiff on Potpourri William L. Hamilton 2011
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While some varieties of this frilly-leafed plant play well with others, I made the mistake of planting artemisia 'Oriental Limelight.'
Garden Thugs Bart Ziegler 2010
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While some varieties of this frilly-leafed plant play well with others, I made the mistake of planting artemisia 'Oriental Limelight.'
Garden Thugs Bart Ziegler 2010
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While some varieties of this frilly-leafed plant play well with others, I made the mistake of planting artemisia 'Oriental Limelight.'
Garden Thugs Bart Ziegler 2010
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Skirt a purple artichoke with a ruff of silvery artemisia, or mix some ruby-stemmed, fat-leafed rhubarb into a garden bed and you're creating combinations as artful as any in the most ornamental of borders.
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While some varieties of this frilly-leafed plant play well with others, I made the mistake of planting artemisia 'Oriental Limelight.'
Garden Thugs Bart Ziegler 2010
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