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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: rank-smelling tropical American pigweed [syn: American wormseed, Mexican tea, Spanish tea, wormseed, Chenopodium ambrosioides]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 14th century any of various plants whose seeds possess anthelmintic properties: as a. any of several artemisias b. a widely naturalized tropical American goosefoot (Chenopodium ambrosioides) — compare epazote

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Wormseed Worm"seed`, n. (Bot.) Any one of several plants, as Artemisia santonica, and Chenopodium anthelminticum, whose seeds have the property of expelling worms from the stomach and intestines. Wormseed mustard, a slender, cruciferous plant (Erysinum cheiranthoides) having small lanceolate leaves.