mugwort
Americannoun
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mugworts
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noun
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a N temperate perennial herbaceous plant, Artemisia vulgaris, with aromatic leaves and clusters of small greenish-white flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
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another name for crosswort
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Etymology
Origin of mugwort
before 1000; Middle English; Old English mucgwyrt. See midge, wort 2
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Instead, cooks use fresh herbs—oregano, mint, and estafiate, a mugwort known for its digestive properties—to add flavor.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2023
In their online metaphysical shop Quiiroi, Kitha sells bundles of rosemary, cedar and black sage, as well as mugwort, although they are sold out of that at the moment.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 2023
According to NewsGuard, a search for “does mugwort induce abortion” resulted in more than a dozen false videos.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 28, 2022
However, today’s decision seems more likely to address videos promoting self-managed abortions with herbs like mugwort and pennyroyal, a practice many herbalists have warned is unreliable and can cause serious health problems.
From The Verge ● Jul. 21, 2022
The purgante was her own concoction, a mixture of cod-liver oil and mugwort, milk of magnesia, and green papaya juice, sweetened to disguise the fishy, bitter, chalky taste.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
Its naturally rich fields were grown up to scrub pines, mugworts and wormwood.
From Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 by George T. Stevens
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