Wormseed
the dried, unexpanded flower heads of a wormwood, artemisia cina (levant wormseed) or the fruit of certain goosefoots, especially chenopodium anthelmintic-m (or c. ambrosioides), the mexican tea or american wormseed, used as an anthelmintic drug.
any of these plants.
historical examples
a system of practical medicine by american authors, vol. ii various
a system of practical medicine by american authors, vol. ii various
noun
any of various plants having seeds or other parts used in medicine to treat worm infestation, esp an american chenopodiaceous plant, chenopodium anthelmintic-m (or c. ambrosioides) (american wormseed), and the santonica plant
the part of any of these plants that is used as an anthelmintic
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