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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ARTEMIS'IA, n. Mug-wort, southernwood, and wormwood; a genus of plats of numerous species. Of these, the absinthium or common wormwood is well known.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic green or greyish foliage

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, artemisia, from Greek, wormwood Date: 14th century any of a genus (Artemisia) of aromatic composite herbs and shrubs (as sagebrush) — compare wormwood 1

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Semen Se"men, n.; pl. Semina. [L., from the root of serere, satum, to sow. See Sow to scatter seed.] 1. (Bot.) The seed of plants. 2. (Physiol.) The seed or fecundating fluid of male animals; sperm. It is a white or whitish viscid fluid secreted by the testes, characterized by the presence of spermatozoids to which it owes its generative power. Semen contra, or Semen cin[ae] or cyn[ae], a strong aromatic, bitter drug, imported from Aleppo and Barbary, said to consist of the leaves, peduncles, and unexpanded flowers of various species of Artemisia; wormseed.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Artemisia Ar`te*mi"si*a ([aum]rt[-e]"m[i^]zh"[i^]*[.a] or [aum]rt[-e]"m[i^]sh"[i^]*[.a]), n. [L. Artemisia, Gr. 'Artemisi`a.] (Bot.) A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort, southernwood, and wormwood. Of these A. absinthium, or common wormwood, is well known, and A. tridentata is the sage brush of the Rocky Mountain region.