santonica

[ san-ton-i-kuh ]

noun

the dried flower heads of any of several species of wormwood, belonging to the genus Artemisia, used as a vermifuge.

Origin of santonica

1650–60; <New Latin <Latin (herba) santonica (herb) of the Santonī a Gaulish tribe of Aquitania

Words Nearby santonica

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How to use santonica in a sentence

Santonine, son′to-nin, n. a colourless crystalline poisonous compound contained in santonica.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) | Various
Ad lumbricos satis commode facit et santonica herba, quae non viget, et cornum cervinum limatum lima lignaria.
Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times | John Stewart Milne
The vegetation of the plains, inclusive of santonica, consists generally of three or four small Cruciferæ, Tulipa lutea.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The | William Griffith
Botanical features continue the same, santonica being still the prevailing plant.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The | William Griffith
Instead of worm-seed (artemisia santonica,) the seeds of tansy are frequently offered for sale, or a mixture of both.
A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons | Fredrick Accum

British Dictionary definitions for santonica

santonica

/ (sænˈtɒnɪkə) /

noun

an oriental wormwood plant, Artemisia cina (or maritima)
the dried flower heads of this plant, formerly used as a vermifuge

Origin of santonica

C17: New Latin, from Late Latin herba santonica herb of the Santones (probably wormwood), from Latin Santonī a people of Aquitania

Former name (1936–61): wormseed

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