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A artemisiaefolia Bitterweed Bit"ter*weed`, n. (Bot.)
A species of Ambrosia (A. artemisi[ae]folia); Roman worm
wood. --Gray.
Ambrosia artemisiaefolia Wormwood Worm"wood, n. [AS. werm?d, akin to OHG. wermuota,
wormuota, G. wermuth, wermut; of uncertain origin.]
1. (Bot.) A composite plant (Artemisia Absinthium), having
a bitter and slightly aromatic taste, formerly used as a
tonic and a vermifuge, and to protect woolen garments from
moths. It gives the peculiar flavor to the cordial called
absinthe. The volatile oil is a narcotic poison. The term
is often extended to other species of the same genus.
2. Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness.
Lest there should be among you a root that beareth
gall and wormwood. --Deut. xxix.
18.
Roman wormwood (Bot.), an American weed (Ambrosia
artemisi[ae]folia); hogweed.
Tree wormwood (Bot.), a species of Artemisia (probably
Artemisia variabilis) with woody stems.
Wormwood hare (Zo["o]l.), a variety of the common hare
(Lepus timidus); -- so named from its color.
Ambrosia artemisiaefolia Ragweed Rag"weed, n. (Bot.)
A common American composite weed (Ambrosia
artemisi[ae]folia) with finely divided leaves; hogweed.
Great ragweed, a coarse American herb (Ambrosia trifida),
with rough three-lobed opposite leaves.
Artemisia Semen Se"men, n.; pl. Semina. [L., from the root of serere,
satum, to sow. See Sow to scatter seed.]
1. (Bot.) The seed of plants.
2. (Physiol.) The seed or fecundating fluid of male animals;
sperm. It is a white or whitish viscid fluid secreted by
the testes, characterized by the presence of spermatozoids
to which it owes its generative power.
Semen contra, or Semen cin[ae] or cyn[ae], a strong
aromatic, bitter drug, imported from Aleppo and Barbary,
said to consist of the leaves, peduncles, and unexpanded
flowers of various species of Artemisia; wormseed.
Artemisia Abrotanum Southernwood South"ern*wood`, n. (Bot.)
A shrubby species of wormwood (Artemisia Abrotanum) having
aromatic foliage. It is sometimes used in making beer.
Artemisia Absinthium Wormwood Worm"wood, n. [AS. werm?d, akin to OHG. wermuota,
wormuota, G. wermuth, wermut; of uncertain origin.]
1. (Bot.) A composite plant (Artemisia Absinthium), having
a bitter and slightly aromatic taste, formerly used as a
tonic and a vermifuge, and to protect woolen garments from
moths. It gives the peculiar flavor to the cordial called
absinthe. The volatile oil is a narcotic poison. The term
is often extended to other species of the same genus.
2. Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness.
Lest there should be among you a root that beareth
gall and wormwood. --Deut. xxix.
18.
Roman wormwood (Bot.), an American weed (Ambrosia
artemisi[ae]folia); hogweed.
Tree wormwood (Bot.), a species of Artemisia (probably
Artemisia variabilis) with woody stems.
Wormwood hare (Zo["o]l.), a variety of the common hare
(Lepus timidus); -- so named from its color.
Artemisia absinthium Absinthin Ab*sin"thin, n. (Chem.)
The bitter principle of wormwood (Artemisia absinthium).
--Watts.
Artemisia absinthium Absinthium Ab*sin"thi*um, n. [L., from Gr. ?.] (Bot.)
The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely
bitter plant, used as a tonic and for making the oil of
wormwood.
Artemisia Chinensis Moxa Mox"a, n. [A corruption of Japan. mogusa (pronounced
mongsa), an escharotic made from the plant yomigi: cf. F.
moxa.]
1. (Med.) A soft woolly mass prepared from the young leaves
of Artemisia Chinensis, and used as a cautery by burning
it on the skin; hence, any substance used in a like
manner, as cotton impregnated with niter, amadou.
2. (Bot.) A plant from which this substance is obtained, esp.
Artemisia Chinensis, and A. moxa.
Artemisia Chinensis Moxa Mox"a, n. [A corruption of Japan. mogusa (pronounced
mongsa), an escharotic made from the plant yomigi: cf. F.
moxa.]
1. (Med.) A soft woolly mass prepared from the young leaves
of Artemisia Chinensis, and used as a cautery by burning
it on the skin; hence, any substance used in a like
manner, as cotton impregnated with niter, amadou.
2. (Bot.) A plant from which this substance is obtained, esp.
Artemisia Chinensis, and A. moxa.
Artemisia maritima Sea wormwood Sea" worm"wood` (Bot.)
A European species of wormwood (Artemisia maritima) growing
by the sea.
Artemisia tridentata Sagebrush Sage"brush`, n.
A low irregular shrub (Artemisia tridentata), of the order
Composit[ae], covering vast tracts of the dry alkaline
regions of the American plains; -- called also sagebush,
and wild sage.
Artemisia variabilis Wormwood Worm"wood, n. [AS. werm?d, akin to OHG. wermuota,
wormuota, G. wermuth, wermut; of uncertain origin.]
1. (Bot.) A composite plant (Artemisia Absinthium), having
a bitter and slightly aromatic taste, formerly used as a
tonic and a vermifuge, and to protect woolen garments from
moths. It gives the peculiar flavor to the cordial called
absinthe. The volatile oil is a narcotic poison. The term
is often extended to other species of the same genus.
2. Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness.
Lest there should be among you a root that beareth
gall and wormwood. --Deut. xxix.
18.
Roman wormwood (Bot.), an American weed (Ambrosia
artemisi[ae]folia); hogweed.
Tree wormwood (Bot.), a species of Artemisia (probably
Artemisia variabilis) with woody stems.
Wormwood hare (Zo["o]l.), a variety of the common hare
(Lepus timidus); -- so named from its color.
Artemisia vulgaris Mugwort Mug"wort`, n. [AS. mucgwyrt. Cf. Midge.] (Bot.)
A somewhat aromatic composite weed (Artemisia vulgaris), at
one time used medicinally; -- called also motherwort.
Lepus Nuttalli or artemisia Sage Sage, n. [OE. sauge, F. sauge, L. salvia, from salvus
saved, in allusion to its reputed healing virtues. See
Safe.] (Bot.)
(a) A suffruticose labiate plant (Salvia officinalis) with
grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc.
The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which
many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet
sage, and Mexican red and blue sage.
(b) The sagebrush.
Meadow sage (Bot.), a blue-flowered species of Salvia (S.
pratensis) growing in meadows in Europe.
Sage cheese, cheese flavored with sage, and colored green
by the juice of leaves of spinach and other plants which
are added to the milk.
Sage cock (Zo["o]l.), the male of the sage grouse; in a
more general sense, the specific name of the sage grouse.
Sage green, of a dull grayish green color, like the leaves
of garden sage.
Sage grouse (Zo["o]l.), a very large American grouse
(Centrocercus urophasianus), native of the dry sagebrush
plains of Western North America. Called also cock of the
plains. The male is called sage cock, and the female
sage hen.
Sage hare, or Sage rabbit (Zo["o]l.), a species of hare
(Lepus Nuttalli, or artemisia) which inhabits the arid
regions of Western North America and lives among
sagebrush. By recent writers it is considered to be merely
a variety of the common cottontail, or wood rabbit.
Sage hen (Zo["o]l.), the female of the sage grouse.
Sage sparrow (Zo["o]l.), a small sparrow (Amphispiza
Belli, var. Nevadensis) which inhabits the dry plains
of the Rocky Mountain region, living among sagebrush.
Sage thrasher (Zo["o]l.), a singing bird (Oroscoptes
montanus) which inhabits the sagebrush plains of Western
North America.
Sage willow (Bot.), a species of willow (Salix tristis)
forming a low bush with nearly sessile grayish green
leaves.
