Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A tropical American plant (Dysphania ambrosioides syn. Chenopodium ambrosioides) having leaves used as a seasoning and yielding an oil used as an anthelmintic.
- noun Any of several other plants used as an anthelmintic.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
santonica . Seesantonica and santonin. - noun The fruit of the American herb Chenopodium ambrosioides, especially var. anthelminticum, which is often reckoned a distinct species; also, the plant itself.
- noun The treacle-mustard, Erysimum cheiranthoides, or primarily its seed, which was formerly a popular vermifuge in England. Also
treaclewormseed .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) Any one of several plants, as
Artemisia santonica , andChenopodium anthelminticum , whose seeds have the property of expelling worms from the stomach and intestines. - noun a slender, cruciferous plant (
Erysinum cheiranthoides ) having small lanceolate leaves.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
aromatic tropical plant , Chenopodium ambrosioides, that yields ananthelmintic oil
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun rank-smelling tropical American pigweed
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Examples
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Epazote (wormseed) chenopodium ambrosioides: This hardy perennial, with its resinous fragrance and serrated, tapering leaves, grows wild in many parts of Mexico and the United States, especially California.
A Culinary Guide to Mexican Herbs: Las Hierbas de Cocina 2006
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Epazote (wormseed) chenopodium ambrosioides: This hardy perennial, with its resinous fragrance and serrated, tapering leaves, grows wild in many parts of Mexico and the United States, especially California.
A Culinary Guide to Mexican Herbs: Las Hierbas de Cocina 2006
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Epazote (wormseed) chenopodium ambrosioides: This hardy perennial, with its resinous fragrance and serrated, tapering leaves, grows wild in many parts of Mexico and the United States, especially California.
A Culinary Guide to Mexican Herbs: Las Hierbas de Cocina 2006
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Herbs and vegetables such as nopales (cactus paddles), verdolagas (purslane), berros (watercress) and epazote (wormseed) have traditionally been used to lend a distinctive flavor to the local cooking, as have chiles and seeds, notably pumpkin and sesame.
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Herbs and vegetables such as nopales (cactus paddles), verdolagas (purslane), berros (watercress) and epazote (wormseed) have traditionally been used to lend a distinctive flavor to the local cooking, as have chiles and seeds, notably pumpkin and sesame.
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Herbs and vegetables such as nopales (cactus paddles), verdolagas (purslane), berros (watercress) and epazote (wormseed) have traditionally been used to lend a distinctive flavor to the local cooking, as have chiles and seeds, notably pumpkin and sesame.
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Caution: Never take internally the essential oil of wormseed.
THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003
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The most specific treatment for roundworms, however, is chenopodium oil made from the American wormseed Chenopodium ambrosioides var. anthelminticum.
THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003
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Iza was making herself a wormseed tea to encourage the flow of milk and to relieve the painful cramps of her uterus contracting back to its normal shape.
The Clan of the Cave Bear Auel, Jean M. 1980
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-- One teaspoonful of powdered wormseed mixed with a sufficient quantity of molasses, or spread on bread and butter.
Searchlights on Health The Science of Eugenics B. G. Jefferis
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