Meanings
nounsweet wormwood (usually uncountable, plural sweet wormwoods)
plural sweet wormwoods
- uncountableusuallyA fragrant Asian herb, Artemisia annua, widely naturalized, the source of the antimalarial drug artemisinin
Synonyms: annual wormwood, sweet Annie
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA fragrant Asian herb, Artemisia annua, widely naturalized, the source of the antimalarial drug artemisinin
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sweet wormwood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweet%20wormwood
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“sweet wormwood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweet%20wormwood. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sweet wormwood,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweet%20wormwood.
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