sweet wormwood

noun

1. a widely distributed plant, Artemisia annua, having scented leaves and loose, nodding clusters of yellow flowers.

Example Sentences

It is also called sweet wormwood or annual wormwood, and is used as an alternative therapy - and even put into some alcoholic drinks.

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But with few treatment options, some people and companies are prepared to bet on sweet wormwood before trial results.

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Based on that study, scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces are now collaborating with ArtemiLife, a U.S. company that grows sweet wormwood, to test plant extracts on SARS-CoV-2 in vitro.

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The team has since also successfully removed cells from parsley, sweet wormwood and peanut hairy roots.

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ONE of the most valuable weapons in the war on malaria is artemisinin, a drug derived from the leaves of sweet wormwood.

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