noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An aromatic tropical plant (Dysphania ambrosioides, syn. Chenopodium ambrosioides) that yields an anthelmintic oil
2. 2
   rank-smelling tropical American pigweed wordnet
3. 3
   Santonica or Levant wormseed (Seriphidium cinum, syn. Artemisia cina), an Asian plant related to wormwood.

Synonyms

All synonyms

mexican teaspanish teaamerican wormseedamerican wormseedbluebushchenopodium ambrosioides

Etymology

From Middle English wormsede, wormesede, worme sede, wyrmsed, equivalent to worm + seed.

Related phrases

wormseed mustard

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