Wormseed

Word WORMSEED
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Hyphenation worm seed
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Definitions and meanings of "Wormseed"

What do we mean by wormseed?

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. noun

Same as santonica. See santonica 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. noun

Any one of several plants, as Artemisia santonica, and Chenopodium 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. noun

An aromatic tropical plant, Chenopodium ambrosioides, that yields an anthelmintic oil noun

Rank-smelling tropical American pigweed noun

An aromatic tropical plant (Dysphania ambrosioides, syn. Chenopodium ambrosioides) that yields an anthelmintic oil

Santonica or Levant wormseed, Seriphidium cinum, syn. Artemisia cina, an Asian plant related to wormwood.

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The word "wormseed" in example sentences

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. ❋ Unknown (2006)

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. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Caution: Never take internally the essential oil of wormseed. ❋ JOHN LUST (2003)

The most specific treatment for roundworms, however, is chenopodium oil made from the American wormseed Chenopodium ambrosioides var. anthelminticum. ❋ JOHN LUST (2003)

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. ❋ Auel, Jean M. (1980)

-- One teaspoonful of powdered wormseed mixed with a sufficient quantity of molasses, or spread on bread and butter. ❋ B. G. Jefferis (N/A)

Make a strong decoction of sage, two parts; wormseed, one part; strain, and add sugar enough to make into candy, and let the child eat of it. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

I can soon gather jimson leaves and seed to fill orders, the hemlock is about right to take the fruit, the mustard is yet in pod, and the saffron and wormseed can be attended later. ❋ Unknown (1911)

The American wormseed has been naturalized from tropical America to ❋ Bolton Hall (1896)

(_Alliaria_), the shepherd's purse, the wormseed or _Erysimum cheiranthoides_ and many others afford instances. ❋ Hugo De Vries (1891)

But it is very interesting that this same cohesion is to be seen in the shepherd's purse, in the wormseed and in the cabbage, as well as in the case of the _Erucastrum_ and most of the other observed cases of atavistic bracts. ❋ Hugo De Vries (1891)

Halifax what directions and wormseed she can collect. ❋ Anna Green Winslow (1881)

Chenopodium anthelminticum, L. Jerusalem oak; wormseed. ❋ Unknown (1863)

Epazote Dysphania ambrosioides or Chenopodium ambrosioides, aka pasote or pasotes, Mexican tea and wormseed, is native to Mexico and Central and South America. ❋ By AVA CHIN (2011)

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