artemisia
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of artemisia
1350–1400; Middle English: mugwort < Latin < Greek, equivalent to Ártemis Artemis + -ia -ia
Example Sentences
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He smiled, taking in the Harley bikers parked near the cliffs and the men and women strolling nearby sporting Asir’s traditional garlands made of orange marigold, dill and artemisia, a gray-green plant similar to sage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2025
A quick online search for “rabbit-proof plants” reveals numerous other planting options, including anything in the Allium family, artemisia and lamb’s ear.
From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2023
It's named for the chief ingredient that makes it unique: artemisia absinthium, which you might know as wormwood.
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2023
The active ingredient found in the dried leaves of artemisia annua is called artemisinin, and it does work against malaria.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2021
It was but a poor rest for them—with neither grass nor water—not a blade of anything green except the artemisia plant, the wild wormwood—which, of course, neither horse nor oxen would touch.
From The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne
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