annual wormwood

noun

An Asian aromatic herb, widely naturalized, Artemisia annua, the source of the antimalarial drug artemisinin.

Meanings

nounannual wormwood (usually uncountable, plural annual wormwoods)

plural annual wormwoods

  1. uncountableusuallyAn Asian aromatic herb, widely naturalized, Artemisia annua, the source of the antimalarial drug artemisinin.

    Synonyms: sweet wormwood, sweet Annie

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn Asian aromatic herb, widely naturalized, Artemisia annua, the source of the antimalarial drug artemisinin.

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