noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈmʌɡwɜːt/
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General-American:/ˈmʌɡwɝt/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
Any of species Artemisia vulgaris of plants native to temperate Eurasia and north Africa, traditionally used medicinally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Any of several aromatic plants of the genus Artemisia native to Eurasia, Africa, and North America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
any of several weedy composite plants of the genus Artemisia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wormwood
Narrower terms: western mugwort, white sage, cudweed, prairie sage, Artemisia ludoviciana, Artemisia gnaphalodes, common mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris
History
Etymology
From Middle English mugwort, mugwyrt, mucgwurt, from Old English mucgwyrt, mucwyrt et al., from Proto-Germanic; probably corresponding to midge + wort. Cognate with regional Low German muggart, mugwurz.
Across languages
Translations
53 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Azerbaijani:
yovşan
— any of several artemisias
Czech:
pelyněk
— any of several artemisias
Danish:
bynke
— any of several artemisias
Esperanto:
artemizio
— any of several artemisias
Finnish:
maruna
— any of several artemisias
French:
armoise
— any of several artemisias
Georgian:
მამულა
(mamula)
— any of several artemisias
Ido:
artemizio
— any of several artemisias
Japanese:
蓬
(yomogi)
— any of several artemisias
Korean:
쑥
(ssuk)
— any of several artemisias
Nogai:
ювсан
(yuvsan)
— any of several artemisias
Polish:
bylica
— any of several artemisias
Portuguese:
artemísia
— any of several artemisias
Romanian:
pelin
— any of several artemisias
Russian:
полы́нь
(polýnʹ)
— any of several artemisias
Spanish:
artemisa
— any of several artemisias
Svan:
მუქვა̄სჷ̄რა
(mukvāsə̄ra)
— any of several artemisias
Swedish:
malört
— any of several artemisias
Turkish:
yavşan
— any of several artemisias
Ukrainian:
поли́н
(polýn)
— any of several artemisias
