wormseed
wormseed noun: an aromatic tropical plant (Dysphania ambrosioides, syn. Chenopodium ambrosioides) that yields an anthelmintic oil.
Noun
wormseed (plural wormseeds)
- An aromatic tropical plant (Dysphania ambrosioides, syn. Chenopodium ambrosioides) that yields an anthelmintic oil
- Synonyms:
- Jesuit's tea, Mexican tea, epazote, Jerusalem oak, drug wormseed, bluebush, Indian goosefoot, Jerusalem tea, Spanish tea
- Santonica or Levant wormseed (Seriphidium cinum, syn. Artemisia cina), an Asian plant related to wormwood.
wormseed meaning in Tamil
wormseed in Tamil
- பூச்சிவிதை, புழுநீக்கக் கொட்டை புழுக்கொட்டை
Synonyms of wormseed
- Jesuit's tea
- Mexican tea
- epazote
- Jerusalem oak
- drug wormseed
- bluebush
- Indian goosefoot
- Jerusalem tea
- Spanish tea
Forms of wormseed
| plural | wormseeds |
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Origin of wormseed
From Middle English wormsede, wormesede, worme sede, wyrmsed, equivalent to worm + seed.
Words formed from wormseed
Phrases with wormseed
Questions about wormseed
- What does wormseed mean?
- Wormseed means an aromatic tropical plant (Dysphania ambrosioides, syn. Chenopodium ambrosioides) that yields an anthelmintic oil.
- What is wormseed in Tamil?
- Wormseed in Tamil is பூச்சிவிதை, புழுநீக்கக் கொட்டை புழுக்கொட்டை. See Wormseed meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is wormseed?
- Wormseed is a noun.
- What is the plural of wormseed?
- The plural of wormseed is wormseeds.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: wormseed (page history and authors); wormseed (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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