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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic green or greyish foliage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: shrub, bush
Narrower terms: tarragon, estragon, Artemisia dracunculus
History
From taxonomic name Artemisia, from Latin artemisia, from Ancient Greek ἀρτεμισία (artemisía), from Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis, “Artemis, the goddess”).
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