Etymology

artemisia

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Today it means: Any of many aromatic flowering plants of the genus Artemisia, including wormwood, sagebrush, and tarragon, often used as traditional medicine, oral contraceptive and flavoring. Full definition →

taxonomic name Artemisia ← Latin artemisia ← Ancient Greek ἀρτεμισία
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀρτεμισία
  2. Latin · derived fromartemisia
  3. taxonomic name · borrowed fromArtemisia
  4. English todayartemisia

From taxonomic name Artemisia, from Latin artemisia, from Ancient Greek ἀρτεμισία (artemisía), from Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis, “Artemis, the goddess”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.