mugwort
/ˈmʌɡwɜːt//ˈmʌɡwɝt/
mugwort noun: any member of the species Artemisia vulgaris of plants native to temperate Eurasia and north Africa, traditionally used medicinally.
Noun
mugwort (countable and uncountable, plural mugworts)
- Any member of the species Artemisia vulgaris of plants native to temperate Eurasia and north Africa, traditionally used medicinally.
- Mugwort is with good success put among other herbs that are boiled, for women to sit over the hot decoction to draw down their courses, to help the delivery of the birth and expel the afterbirth, as also for the obstructions and inflammations of the mother.1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 197
- Peony would keep away any kind of storms. Mugwort hung over doorways on Midsummer's Day, June 24, would keep off lightning, as St. John's-Wort would if gathered before sunrise on that day.1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 258
- Any of several aromatic plants of the genus Artemisia native to Eurasia, Africa, and North America.
mugwort meaning in Tamil, Persian and Vietnamese
mugwort in Tamil
- மருக்கொழுந்து, தவனகம்
mugwort in Persian
- Artemisia vulgaris
- بلنجاسپ balanjâsp, برنجاسف baranjâsf
mugwort in Vietnamese
- Artemisia vulgaris
- ngải cứu
Examples of mugwort in a sentence
- “I have eaten mugwort,” he told his familiar.1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 88:
- Take then mugwort and everlasting and boil these three in several kinds of milk until they become red.1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000...
Forms of mugwort
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Origin of mugwort
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.
Words formed from mugwort
- Artemisia argyi
- used in traditional Chinese medicine
- Artemisia douglasiana
- native to western North America
- Artemisia glacialis
- Artemisia indica
- Artemisia japonica
- Artemisia norvegica
- Artemisia princeps
- Korean mugwort
- Artemisia stelleriana
- Artemisia verlotiorum
- California mugwort
Phrases with mugwort
Questions about mugwort
- What does mugwort mean?
- Mugwort means any member of the species Artemisia vulgaris of plants native to temperate Eurasia and north Africa, traditionally used medicinally.
- What is mugwort in Tamil?
- Mugwort in Tamil is மருக்கொழுந்து, தவனகம். See Mugwort meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use mugwort in a sentence?
- “I have eaten mugwort,” he told his familiar.
- What part of speech is mugwort?
- Mugwort is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mugwort?
- Mugwort is pronounced /ˈmʌɡwɜːt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of mugwort?
- The plural of mugwort is mugworts.
Words near mugwort in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: mugwort (page history and authors); mugwort (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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