artemisia means any of many aromatic flowering plants of the genus Artemisia, including wormwood, sagebrush, and tarragon, often used as traditional medicine, oral contraceptive and flavoring.
artemisia is pronounced /ˌɑː.tɪˈmɪ.zɪə/.
Etymology
From taxonomic name Artemisia, from Latin artemisia, from Ancient Greek ἀρτεμισία (artemisía), from Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis, “Artemis, the goddess”).
noun
- Any of many aromatic flowering plants of the genus Artemisia, including wormwood, sagebrush, and tarragon, often used as traditional medicine, oral contraceptive and flavoring.e.g.“In the event of anyone wishing to invoke the very Prince of Spirits, the following ingredients were prescribed to be burnt - Juice of Hypericon, Saffron, Artemisia, and the root of Valerian.” — 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 112:
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- mugwort 71% match — Any of species Artemisia vulgaris of plants native to temperate Eurasia and north Africa, traditionally used medicinally. vs artemisia →
- absinthium 70% match — Common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter herb used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic. vs artemisia →
- sagewort 68% match — Any of a number of perennial herbs in the genus Artemisia which have the aromatic gray or silver foliage of the sagebrushes, but are not shrubby enough to be termed brush. vs artemisia →
- tarragon 67% match — A perennial herb, the wormwood species Artemisia dracunculus, from Europe and parts of Asia. vs artemisia →
- abrotanum 66% match — A bushy wormwood from Europe, sometimes used in the brewing of beer, southernwood, Artemisia abrotanum. vs artemisia →
- absinthe 64% match — The herb absinthium Artemisia absinthium (grande wormwood); essence of wormwood. vs artemisia →
- artemisinin 63% match — An antimalarial drug derived from the sweet wormwood shrub, Artemisia annua, found as the active ingredient in traditional Chinese medical herbal treatment for malaria, chemically a sesquiterpene lactone - C₁₅H₂₂O₅. vs artemisia →
- arnica 63% match — Any of several plants, of the genus Arnica, considered to have medicinal properties, especially Arnica montana. vs artemisia →