SWEET WORMWOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sweet wormwood mean? 

• SWEET WORMWOOD (noun)
  The noun SWEET WORMWOOD has 1 sense:

1. wormwood of southeastern Europe to Iran

  Familiarity information: SWEET WORMWOOD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWEET WORMWOOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wormwood of southeastern Europe to Iran

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Artemisia annua; sweet wormwood

Hypernyms ("sweet wormwood" is a kind of...):

wormwood (any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium)

Holonyms ("sweet wormwood" is a member of...):

genus Artemisia (usually aromatic shrubs or herbs of north temperate regions and South Africa and western South America: wormwood; sagebrush; mugwort; tarragon)

 Context examples 

Researchers added that other plants have been shown to offer the same kind of promise, including parsley, Artemesia annua (sweet wormwood), and peanut hairy roots.

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