Meaning of ARTEMISIA
| Pronunciation: | | `ârtu'mizeeu
|
| | Sponsored Links: | |
|
| |
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | [n] any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic green or grayish foliage |
| |
| | See Also: | | Artemisia dracunculus, bush, estragon, genus Artemisia, shrub, tarragon | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | \Ar`te*mi"si*a\ ([aum]rt[-e]"m[i^]zh"[i^]*[.a] or
[aum]rt[-e]"m[i^]sh"[i^]*[.a]), n. [L. Artemisia, Gr.
'Artemisi`a.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort,
southernwood, and wormwood. Of these {A. absinthium}, or
common wormwood, is well known, and {A. tridentata} is the
sage brush of the Rocky Mountain region.
|
| |
|
|