Definition of artemisia

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ar·te·mis·i·a    (ärt-mzh-, -mzh, -mz-) KEY 

NOUN:

Any of various aromatic plants of the genus Artemisia in the composite family, having green or grayish foliage and usually numerous small discoid flower heads and including the mugwort, sagebrush, tarragon, and wormweed.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English artemesie, mugwort, from Old French, from Latin artemisia, from Greek, wormwood, after Artemis ( to whom it was sacred)