levant wormseed

le·vant worm·seed

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Definitions of levant wormseed words

noun levant wormseed the dried, unexpanded flower heads of a wormwood, Artemisia cina (Levant wormseed) or the fruit of certain goosefoots, especially Chenopodium anthelminticum (or C. ambrosioides), the Mexican tea or American wormseed, used as an anthelmintic drug. 1
noun levant wormseed any of these plants. 1

before 1350

One of the 20% oldest English words

First recorded in 1350-1400, wormseed is from the Middle English word wyrmsed. See worm, seed

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 3% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

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