Definition of Genus artemisia

1. Noun. Usually aromatic shrubs or herbs of north temperate regions and South Africa and western South America: wormwood; sagebrush; mugwort; tarragon.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Artemisia

genus Arisarum
genus Aristolochia
genus Aristotelia
genus Arius
genus Arizona
genus Armadillidium
genus Armeria
genus Armillaria
genus Armillariella
genus Armoracia
genus Arnica
genus Arnoseris
genus Arrhenatherum
genus Artamus
genus Artemia
genus Artemisia
genus Arthropteris
genus Artocarpus
genus Arum
genus Arundinaria
genus Arundo
genus Arvicola
genus Asarum
genus Ascaphus
genus Ascaridia
genus Ascaris
genus Asclepias
genus Ascophyllum
genus Asimina
genus Asio

Literary usage of Genus artemisia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1886)
"Cinchona Alkaloids—Alleged Occurrence in the genus artemisia. ... is made that the alkaloids of Peruvian bark occur in plants of the genus Artemisia, ..."

2. A Practical treatise on the causes, symptoms, and treatment of spermatorrhœa by François Lallemand (1866)
"In very young children baths may be employed containing an j infusion of one of the genus artemisia. I have even frequently s^^ -seen these followed by the ..."

3. Familiar Lectures on Botany, Practical, Elementary, and Physiological: With by Lincoln Phelps (1849)
"The name Artemisia is often improperly given to an ornamental plant which belongs to the genus Chrysanthemum. " The genus Artemisia was named in honour of ..."

4. Familiar Lectures on Botany: Explaining the Structure, Classification, and by Lincoln Phelps (1853)
"The name Artemisia is often improperly given to an ornamental plant which belongs to the genus Chrysanthemum. " The genus Artemisia was named in honor of ..."

5. Familiar Lectures on Botany: Explaining the Structure, Classification, and by Lincoln Phelps (1854)
"The genus Artemisia was named in honor of Artemis, the wife of Mausolus, whose monument was one of the wonders of the world (hence our word Mausoleum). ..."

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