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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It's named for the chief ingredient that makes it unique: artemisia absinthium, which you might know as wormwood.
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2023
If Mom likes to walk, you can hike the 2.2-mile pathway around the reservoir together and check out the dazzling array of poppies, purple sage and artemisia that lines the California native garden.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2022
Never assume that just because you find a 4-inch artemisia in one place, they don’t carry a gallon size somewhere else.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2022
President Rajoelina of Madagascar said last year that trials conducted on the Covid-Organics drink - which uses artemisia - showed its effectiveness against the disease.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2021
And the speaker indicated a bunch of the artemisia plant that grew some two hundred paces off in the direction of the horsemen.
From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne
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