artemisia

ar·te·mis·i·a  (ärt-mzh-, -mzh, -mz-)

n.

Any of various aromatic plants of the genus Artemisia in the composite family, having green or grayish foliage and usually numerous small discoid flower heads and including the mugwort, sagebrush, tarragon, and wormweed.

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[Middle English artemesie, mugwort, from Old French, from Latin artemisia, from Greek, wormwood, after Artemis (to whom it was sacred).]

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artemisia [ˌɑːtɪˈmiːzɪə]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any herbaceous perennial plant of the genus Artemisia, of the N hemisphere, such as mugwort, sagebrush, and wormwood: family Asteraceae (composites)

[via Latin from Greek, probably from Artemis]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

artemisia - any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic green or greyish foliage genus Artemisia - usually aromatic shrubs or herbs of north temperate regions and South Africa and western South America: wormwood; sagebrush; mugwort; tarragon Artemisia dracunculus, estragon, tarragon - aromatic perennial of southeastern Russia bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems