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sweet annie

sweet annie is the alternative form of sweet Annie.

Noun capitalized: sweet Annie

sweet Annie (usually uncountable, plural sweet Annies)

  1. (usually) A fragrant Asian herb, widely naturalized, Artemisia annua, the source of the antimalarial drug artemisinin

Synonyms of sweet annie

Forms of sweet annie

pluralsweet annies
pluralsweet Annies
alternative formsweet annie

Origin of sweet annie

sweet + annual + -ie, modified in imitation of the name Annie

Questions about sweet annie

What does sweet annie mean?
Sweet annie means a fragrant Asian herb, widely naturalized, Artemisia annua, the source of the antimalarial drug artemisinin.
What is sweet annie the alternative form of?
Sweet annie is the alternative form of sweet Annie.
What part of speech is sweet annie?
Sweet annie is a noun.
What is the plural of sweet annie?
The plural of sweet annie is sweet annies.

Words near sweet annie in the dictionary

  1. sweet almonds
  2. sweet alyssum
  3. sweet alyssums
  4. sweet and sour
  5. sweet anise
  6. sweet annie
  7. sweet annies
  8. sweet as
  9. sweet as a nut
  10. sweet as candy
  11. sweet as pie

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sweet annie (page history and authors); sweet Annie (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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