artemisia

noun

1. Any of many aromatic flowering plants of the genus Artemisia, including wormwood, sagebrush, and tarragon, often used as traditional medicine, oral contraceptive and flavoring.

   “In the event of anyone wishing to invoke the very Prince of Spirits, the following ingredients were prescribed to be burnt - Juice of Hypericon, Saffron, Artemisia, and the root of Valerian.”

   “Our central issue, however, is whether the artemisia of Dioscorides is mugwort. Fuchs in Germany shows no hesitation in accepting the beyfusz of his country, called armoise by the French and Artemisia latifolia or broadleaved artemisia by the Italians, is the artemisia of Dioscorides, Galen, and Pliny, and he quotes them exactly on the plant's medicinal actions.”