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artemisia

ar·te·mis·i·a
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ahr-tuh-miz-ee-uh, -mizh-, -mish-]
    • /ˌɑr təˈmɪz i ə, -ˈmɪʒ-, -ˈmɪʃ-/
    • /ˌɑːtɪmˈɪziə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ahr-tuh-miz-ee-uh, -mizh-, -mish-]
    • /ˌɑr təˈmɪz i ə, -ˈmɪʒ-, -ˈmɪʃ-/

Definitions of artemisia word

  • noun artemisia any herbaceous perennial plant of the genus Artemisia, of the N hemisphere, such as mugwort, sagebrush, and wormwood: family Asteraceae (composites) 3
  • noun artemisia any of a genus (Artemisia) of aromatic herbs or shrubs of the composite family, with small yellowish flowers, including wormwood and sagebrush 3
  • noun artemisia any of several composite plants of the genus Artemisia, having aromatic foliage and small disk flowers, including the sagebrush, wormwood, and mugwort. 1
  • noun artemisia An aromatic or bitter-tasting plant of a genus that includes wormwood, mugwort, and sagebrush. Several kinds of artemisia are used in herbal medicine and many are cultivated for their feathery gray foliage. 1
  • noun artemisia Any of many aromatic flowering plants of the genus Artemisia, including wormwood, sagebrush, and tarragon. 0
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Origin of artemisia

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English: mugwort < Latin < Greek, equivalent to Ártemis Artemis + -ia -ia

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artemisia popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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Related words

  • beach wormwood

    a composite plant, Artemisia stellerana, having yellow flowers and deeply lobed leaves covered with dense white fuzz.

  • gentileschi

    Artemisia [ahr-tuh-mizh-uh,, -mizh-ee-uh;; Italian ahr-te-mee-zyah] /ˌɑr təˈmɪʒ ə,, -ˈmɪʒ i ə;; Italian ˌɑr tɛˈmi zyɑ/ (Show IPA), 1593?–1652? Italian painter.

  • moxa

    a flammable substance or material obtained from the leaves of certain Chinese and Japanese wormwood plants, especially Artemisia moxa.

  • mugwort

    any of certain weedy composite plants of the genus Artemisia, especially A. vulgaris, having aromatic leaves and small, greenish flower heads.

  • sagebrush

    any of several sagelike, bushy composite plants of the genus Artemisia, especially A. tridentata, having silvery, wedge-shaped leaves, with three teeth at the tip, common on the dry plains of the western U.S.

  • santonica

    the dried flower heads of any of several species of wormwood, belonging to the genus Artemisia, used as a vermifuge.
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