artemisia
UK/ˌɑː.tɪˈmɪ.zɪə/US/ˌɑɹ.təˈmɪ.zi.ə/
artemisia 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.
Noun
artemisia (plural artemisias)
- Any of many aromatic flowering plants of the genus Artemisia, including wormwood, sagebrush, and tarragon, often used as traditional medicine, oral contraceptive and flavoring.
- In the event of anyone wishing to invoke the very Prince of Spirits, the following ingredients were prescribed to be burnt - Juice of Hypericon, Saffron, Artemisia, and the root of Valerian.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 112
- Our central issue, however, is whether the artemisia of Dioscorides is mugwort. Fuchs in Germany shows no hesitation in accepting the beyfusz of his country, called armoise by the French and Artemisia latifolia or broadleaved artemisia by the Italians, is the artemisia of Dioscorides, Galen, and...2010, Graeme Tobyn, Alison Denham, Margaret Whitelegg, The Western Herbal Tradition, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 125
artemisia meaning in Tamil and Persian
artemisia in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்
artemisia in Persian
- plant of the genus Artemisia
- درمنه darmane
Forms of artemisia
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Origin of artemisia
From taxonomic name Artemisia, from Latin artemisia, from Ancient Greek ἀρτεμισία (artemisía), from Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis, “Artemis, the goddess”).
Words formed from artemisia
Questions about artemisia
- What does artemisia mean?
- Artemisia means any of many aromatic flowering plants of the genus Artemisia, including wormwood, sagebrush, and tarragon, often used as traditional medicine, oral contraceptive and flavoring.
- What is artemisia in Tamil?
- Artemisia in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Artemisia meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is artemisia?
- Artemisia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce artemisia?
- Artemisia is pronounced /ˌɑː.tɪˈmɪ.zɪə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of artemisia?
- The plural of artemisia is artemisias.
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