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Artemisia - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Artemisia : (noun)
1: any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus
Artemisia having aromatic green or grayish foliage
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Semen \Se"men\, n.; pl. Semina. [L., from the root of serere,
satum, to sow. See Sow to scatter seed.]
1. (Bot.) The seed of plants.
2. (Physiol.) The seed or fecundating fluid of male animals;
sperm. It is a white or whitish viscid fluid secreted by
the testes, characterized by the presence of spermatozoids
to which it owes its generative power.
Semen contra, or Semen cin[ae] or cyn[ae], a strong
aromatic, bitter drug, imported from Aleppo and Barbary,
said to consist of the leaves, peduncles, and unexpanded
flowers of various species of Artemisia; wormseed.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Artemisia : \Ar`te*mi"si*a\ ([aum]rt[-e]"m[i^]zh"[i^]*[.a] or
[aum]rt[-e]"m[i^]sh"[i^]*[.a]), n. [L. Artemisia, Gr.
'Artemisi`a.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort,
southernwood, and wormwood. Of these A. absinthium, or
common wormwood, is well known, and A. tridentata is the
sage brush of the Rocky Mountain region.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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