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(ärtē̍′mĭzh′ĭ-ȧ or ärtē̍′mĭsh′ĭ-ȧ)

Noun.

[L.

Artemisia

, Gr.

Ἀρτεμισία

(Bot.)

A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort, southernwood, and wormwood. Of these

Artemisia absinthium

, or common wormwood, is well known, and

Artemisia tridentata

is the sage brush of the Rocky Mountain region.

Noun.

Mug-wort, southernwood, and wormwood; a genus of plats of numerous species. Of these, the absinthium or common wormwood is well known.

See also: artemisia and Artemisia

artemísia f (plural artemísias)

artemisia; mugwort (any of the aromatic flowering plants in the genus Artemisia)