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Artemis
(gcide) | Artemis \Artemis\ n.
1. 1 the virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon in Greek
mythology; one of the Olympian deities, daughter of Zeus
and Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with the
Roman Diana.
Syn: Cynthia, Diana.
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Artemis
(gcide) | Diana \Di*a"na\, n. [L. Diana.] (Myth.)
The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who
presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; -- identified
with the Greek goddess Artemis.
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And chaste Diana haunts the forest shade. --Pope.
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Diana monkey (Zool.), a handsome, white-bearded monkey of
West Africa (Cercopithecus Diana).
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artemis
(wn) | Artemis
n 1: (Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the
Moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo;
identified with Roman Diana [syn: Artemis, Cynthia] |
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Ambrosia artemisiaefolia
(gcide) | Ragweed \Rag"weed`\ (r[a^]g"w[=e]d`), n. (Bot.)
A common American composite weed (Ambrosia artemisiaefolia)
with finely divided leaves; hogweed.
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Great ragweed, a coarse American herb (Ambrosia trifida),
with rough three-lobed opposite leaves.
[1913 Webster]Wormwood \Worm"wood\, n. [AS. werm?d, akin to OHG. wermuota,
wormuota, G. wermuth, wermut; of uncertain origin.]
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1. (Bot.) A composite plant (Artemisia Absinthium), having
a bitter and slightly aromatic taste, formerly used as a
tonic and a vermifuge, and to protect woolen garments from
moths. It gives the peculiar flavor to the cordial called
absinthe. The volatile oil is a narcotic poison. The term
is often extended to other species of the same genus.
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2. Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness.
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Lest there should be among you a root that beareth
gall and wormwood. --Deut. xxix.
18.
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Roman wormwood (Bot.), an American weed ({Ambrosia
artemisiaefolia}); hogweed.
Tree wormwood (Bot.), a species of Artemisia (probably
Artemisia variabilis) with woody stems.
Wormwood hare (Zool.), a variety of the common hare ({Lepus
timidus}); -- so named from its color.
[1913 Webster]Bitterweed \Bit"ter*weed`\, n. (Bot.)
A species of Ambrosia (Ambrosia artemisi[ae]folia); Roman
worm wood. --Gray.
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Ambrosia artemisiaege
(gcide) | Hogweed \Hog"weed`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) A common weed (Ambrosia artemisi[ae]ge). See
Ambrosia, 3.
(b) In England, the Heracleum Sphondylium.
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Artemisa dracunculus
(gcide) | Tarragon \Tar"ra*gon\, n. [Sp. taragona, Ar. tarkh?n; perhaps
fr. Gr. ? a dragon, or L. draco; cf. L. dracunculus tarragon.
Cf. Dragon.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Artemisa (Artemisa dracunculus),
much used in France for flavoring vinegar.
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Artemisia
(gcide) | 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 Artemisia absinthium,
or common wormwood, is well known, and Artemisia tridentata
is the sage brush of the Rocky Mountain region.
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Artemisia Abrotanum
(gcide) | Southernwood \South"ern*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
A shrubby species of wormwood (Artemisia Abrotanum) having
aromatic foliage. It is sometimes used in making beer.
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Artemisia abrotonum
(gcide) | Boy \Boy\, n. [Cf. D. boef, Fries. boi, boy; akin to G. bube,
Icel. bofi rouge.]
1. A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad;
hence, a son.
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My only boy fell by the side of great Dundee. --Sir
W. Scott.
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Note: Boy is often used as a term of comradeship, as in
college, or in the army or navy. In the plural used
colloquially of members of an associaton, fraternity,
or party.
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2. In various countries, a male servant, laborer, or slave of
a native or inferior race; also, any man of such a race;
-- considered derogatory by those so called, and now
seldom used. [derog.]
He reverted again and again to the labor difficulty,
and spoke of importing boys from Capetown. --Frances
Macnab.
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Boy bishop, a boy (usually a chorister) elected bishop, in
old Christian sports, and invested with robes and other
insignia. He practiced a kind of mimicry of the ceremonies
in which the bishop usually officiated.
The Old Boy, the Devil. [Slang]
Yellow boys, guineas. [Slang, Eng.]
Boy's love, a popular English name of Southernwood
(Artemisia abrotonum); -- called also lad's love.
Boy's play, childish amusements; anything trifling.
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Artemisia Absinthium
(gcide) | Sal \Sal\ (s[a^]l), n. [L. See Salt.] (Chem. & Pharm.)
Salt.
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Sal absinthii [NL.] (Old Chem.), an impure potassium
carbonate obtained from the ashes of wormwood ({Artemisia
Absinthium}).
Sal acetosellae [NL.] (Old Chem.), salt of sorrel.
Sal alembroth. (Old Chem.) See Alembroth.
Sal ammoniac (Chem.), ammonium chloride, NH4Cl, a white
crystalline volatile substance having a sharp salty taste,
obtained from gas works, from nitrogenous matter, etc. It
is largely employed as a source of ammonia, as a reagent,
and as an expectorant in bronchitis. So called because
originally made from the soot from camel's dung at the
temple of Jupiter Ammon in Africa. Called also {muriate of
ammonia}.
Sal catharticus [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), Epsom salts.
Sal culinarius [L.] (Old Chem.), common salt, or sodium
chloride.
Sal Cyrenaicus. [NL.] (Old Chem.) See Sal ammoniac above.
Sal de duobus, Sal duplicatum [NL.] (Old Chem.),
potassium sulphate; -- so called because erroneously
supposed to be composed of two salts, one acid and one
alkaline.
Sal diureticus [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), potassium acetate.
Sal enixum [NL.] (Old Chem.), acid potassium sulphate.
Sal gemmae [NL.] (Old Min.), common salt occuring native.
Sal Jovis [NL.] (Old Chem.), salt tin, or stannic chloride;
-- the alchemical name of tin being Jove.
Sal Martis [NL.] (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or ferrous
sulphate; -- the alchemical name of iron being Mars.
Sal microcosmicum [NL.] (Old Chem.) See Microcosmic salt,
under Microcosmic.
Sal plumbi [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead.
Sal prunella. (Old Chem.) See Prunella salt, under 1st
Prunella.
Sal Saturni [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead, or lead
acetate; -- the alchemical name of lead being Saturn.
Sal sedativus [NL.] (Old Chem.), sedative salt, or boric
acid.
Sal Seignette [F. seignette, sel de seignette] (Chem.),
Rochelle salt.
Sal soda (Chem.), sodium carbonate. See under Sodium.
Sal vitrioli [NL.] (Old Chem.), white vitriol; zinc
sulphate.
Sal volatile. [NL.]
(a) (Chem.) See Sal ammoniac, above.
(b) Spirits of ammonia.
[1913 Webster]Wormwood \Worm"wood\, n. [AS. werm?d, akin to OHG. wermuota,
wormuota, G. wermuth, wermut; of uncertain origin.]
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1. (Bot.) A composite plant (Artemisia Absinthium), having
a bitter and slightly aromatic taste, formerly used as a
tonic and a vermifuge, and to protect woolen garments from
moths. It gives the peculiar flavor to the cordial called
absinthe. The volatile oil is a narcotic poison. The term
is often extended to other species of the same genus.
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2. Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness.
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Lest there should be among you a root that beareth
gall and wormwood. --Deut. xxix.
18.
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Roman wormwood (Bot.), an American weed ({Ambrosia
artemisiaefolia}); hogweed.
Tree wormwood (Bot.), a species of Artemisia (probably
Artemisia variabilis) with woody stems.
Wormwood hare (Zool.), a variety of the common hare ({Lepus
timidus}); -- so named from its color.
[1913 Webster]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 Artemisia absinthium,
or common wormwood, is well known, and Artemisia tridentata
is the sage brush of the Rocky Mountain region.
[1913 Webster]Absinthin \Ab*sin"thin\, n. (Chem.)
The bitter principle of wormwood (Artemisia absinthium).
--Watts.
[1913 Webster]Absinthium \Ab*sin"thi*um\, n. [L., from Gr. ?.] (Bot.)
The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely
bitter plant, used as a tonic and for making the oil of
wormwood.
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Artemisia absinthium
(gcide) | Sal \Sal\ (s[a^]l), n. [L. See Salt.] (Chem. & Pharm.)
Salt.
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Sal absinthii [NL.] (Old Chem.), an impure potassium
carbonate obtained from the ashes of wormwood ({Artemisia
Absinthium}).
Sal acetosellae [NL.] (Old Chem.), salt of sorrel.
Sal alembroth. (Old Chem.) See Alembroth.
Sal ammoniac (Chem.), ammonium chloride, NH4Cl, a white
crystalline volatile substance having a sharp salty taste,
obtained from gas works, from nitrogenous matter, etc. It
is largely employed as a source of ammonia, as a reagent,
and as an expectorant in bronchitis. So called because
originally made from the soot from camel's dung at the
temple of Jupiter Ammon in Africa. Called also {muriate of
ammonia}.
Sal catharticus [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), Epsom salts.
Sal culinarius [L.] (Old Chem.), common salt, or sodium
chloride.
Sal Cyrenaicus. [NL.] (Old Chem.) See Sal ammoniac above.
Sal de duobus, Sal duplicatum [NL.] (Old Chem.),
potassium sulphate; -- so called because erroneously
supposed to be composed of two salts, one acid and one
alkaline.
Sal diureticus [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), potassium acetate.
Sal enixum [NL.] (Old Chem.), acid potassium sulphate.
Sal gemmae [NL.] (Old Min.), common salt occuring native.
Sal Jovis [NL.] (Old Chem.), salt tin, or stannic chloride;
-- the alchemical name of tin being Jove.
Sal Martis [NL.] (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or ferrous
sulphate; -- the alchemical name of iron being Mars.
Sal microcosmicum [NL.] (Old Chem.) See Microcosmic salt,
under Microcosmic.
Sal plumbi [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead.
Sal prunella. (Old Chem.) See Prunella salt, under 1st
Prunella.
Sal Saturni [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead, or lead
acetate; -- the alchemical name of lead being Saturn.
Sal sedativus [NL.] (Old Chem.), sedative salt, or boric
acid.
Sal Seignette [F. seignette, sel de seignette] (Chem.),
Rochelle salt.
Sal soda (Chem.), sodium carbonate. See under Sodium.
Sal vitrioli [NL.] (Old Chem.), white vitriol; zinc
sulphate.
Sal volatile. [NL.]
(a) (Chem.) See Sal ammoniac, above.
(b) Spirits of ammonia.
[1913 Webster]Wormwood \Worm"wood\, n. [AS. werm?d, akin to OHG. wermuota,
wormuota, G. wermuth, wermut; of uncertain origin.]
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1. (Bot.) A composite plant (Artemisia Absinthium), having
a bitter and slightly aromatic taste, formerly used as a
tonic and a vermifuge, and to protect woolen garments from
moths. It gives the peculiar flavor to the cordial called
absinthe. The volatile oil is a narcotic poison. The term
is often extended to other species of the same genus.
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2. Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness.
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Lest there should be among you a root that beareth
gall and wormwood. --Deut. xxix.
18.
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Roman wormwood (Bot.), an American weed ({Ambrosia
artemisiaefolia}); hogweed.
Tree wormwood (Bot.), a species of Artemisia (probably
Artemisia variabilis) with woody stems.
Wormwood hare (Zool.), a variety of the common hare ({Lepus
timidus}); -- so named from its color.
[1913 Webster]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 Artemisia absinthium,
or common wormwood, is well known, and Artemisia tridentata
is the sage brush of the Rocky Mountain region.
[1913 Webster]Absinthin \Ab*sin"thin\, n. (Chem.)
The bitter principle of wormwood (Artemisia absinthium).
--Watts.
[1913 Webster]Absinthium \Ab*sin"thi*um\, n. [L., from Gr. ?.] (Bot.)
The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely
bitter plant, used as a tonic and for making the oil of
wormwood.
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Artemisia Chinensis
(gcide) | Moxa \Mox"a\, n. [A corruption of Japan. mogusa (pronounced
mongsa), an escharotic made from the plant yomigi: cf. F.
moxa.]
1. (Med.) A soft woolly mass prepared from the young leaves
of Artemisia Chinensis, and used as a cautery by burning
it on the skin; hence, any substance used in a like
manner, as cotton impregnated with niter, amadou.
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2. (Bot.) A plant from which this substance is obtained, esp.
Artemisia Chinensis, and Artemisia moxa.
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Artemisia dracunculus
(gcide) | dragon \drag"on\ (dr[a^]g"[u^]n), n. [F. dragon, L. draco, fr.
Gr. dra`kwn, prob. fr. de`rkesqai, dra`kein, to look (akin to
Skr. dar[,c] to see), and so called from its terrible eyes.
Cf. Drake a dragon, Dragoon.]
1. (Myth.) A fabulous animal, generally represented as a
monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head
and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and
ferocious.
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The dragons which appear in early paintings and
sculptures are invariably representations of a
winged crocodile. --Fairholt.
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Note: In Scripture the term dragon refers to any great
monster, whether of the land or sea, usually to some
kind of serpent or reptile, sometimes to land serpents
of a powerful and deadly kind. It is also applied
metaphorically to Satan.
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Thou breakest the heads of the dragons in the
waters. -- Ps. lxxiv.
13.
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Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder; the
young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample
under feet. -- Ps. xci.
13.
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He laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent,
which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a
thousand years. --Rev. xx. 2.
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2. A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman. --Johnson.
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3. (Astron.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere
figured as a dragon; Draco.
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4. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move
through the air as a winged serpent.
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5. (Mil. Antiq.) A short musket hooked to a swivel attached
to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of
a dragon's head at the muzzle. --Fairholt.
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6. (Zool.) A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of
several species, found in the East Indies and Southern
Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are
prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of
wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps
from tree to tree. Called also flying lizard.
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7. (Zool.) A variety of carrier pigeon.
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8. (Her.) A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a
charge in a coat of arms.
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Note: Dragon is often used adjectively, or in combination, in
the sense of relating to, resembling, or characteristic
of, a dragon.
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Dragon arum (Bot.), the name of several species of
Aris[ae]ma, a genus of plants having a spathe and
spadix. See Dragon root(below).
Dragon fish (Zool.), the dragonet.
Dragon fly (Zool.), any insect of the family
Libellulid[ae]. They have finely formed, large and
strongly reticulated wings, a large head with enormous
eyes, and a long body; -- called also mosquito hawks.
Their larv[ae] are aquatic and insectivorous.
Dragon root (Bot.), an American aroid plant ({Aris[ae]ma
Dracontium}); green dragon.
Dragon's blood, a resinous substance obtained from the
fruit of several species of Calamus, esp. from {Calamus
Rotang} and Calamus Draco, growing in the East Indies. A
substance known as dragon's blood is obtained by exudation
from Drac[ae]na Draco; also from Pterocarpus Draco, a
tree of the West Indies and South America. The color is
red, or a dark brownish red, and it is used chiefly for
coloring varnishes, marbles, etc. Called also {Cinnabar
Gr[ae]corum}.
Dragon's head.
(a) (Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus
Dracocephalum. They are perennial herbs closely
allied to the common catnip.
(b) (Astron.) The ascending node of a planet, indicated,
chiefly in almanacs, by the symbol ?. The deviation
from the ecliptic made by a planet in passing from one
node to the other seems, according to the fancy of
some, to make a figure like that of a dragon, whose
belly is where there is the greatest latitude; the
intersections representing the head and tail; -- from
which resemblance the denomination arises. --Encyc.
Brit.
Dragon shell (Zool.), a species of limpet.
Dragon's skin, fossil stems whose leaf scars somewhat
resemble the scales of reptiles; -- a name used by miners
and quarrymen. --Stormonth.
Dragon's tail (Astron.), the descending node of a planet,
indicated by the symbol ?. See Dragon's head (above).
Dragon's wort (Bot.), a plant of the genus Artemisia
(Artemisia dracunculus).
Dragon tree (Bot.), a West African liliaceous tree
(Drac[ae]na Draco), yielding one of the resins called
dragon's blood. See Drac[ae]na.
Dragon water, a medicinal remedy very popular in the
earlier half of the 17th century. "Dragon water may do
good upon him." --Randolph (1640).
Flying dragon, a large meteoric fireball; a bolide.
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Artemisia maritima
(gcide) | Sea wormwood \Sea" worm"wood`\ (Bot.)
A European species of wormwood (Artemisia maritima) growing
by the sea.
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Artemisia moxa
(gcide) | Moxa \Mox"a\, n. [A corruption of Japan. mogusa (pronounced
mongsa), an escharotic made from the plant yomigi: cf. F.
moxa.]
1. (Med.) A soft woolly mass prepared from the young leaves
of Artemisia Chinensis, and used as a cautery by burning
it on the skin; hence, any substance used in a like
manner, as cotton impregnated with niter, amadou.
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2. (Bot.) A plant from which this substance is obtained, esp.
Artemisia Chinensis, and Artemisia moxa.
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Artemisia santonica
(gcide) | 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.
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Wormseed mustard, a slender, cruciferous plant ({Erysinum
cheiranthoides}) having small lanceolate leaves.
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Artemisia tridentata
(gcide) | Sagebrush \Sage"brush`\, n.
A low irregular shrub (Artemisia tridentata), of the order
Compositae, covering vast tracts of the dry alkaline
regions of the American plains; -- called also sagebush,
and wild sage.
[1913 Webster]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 Artemisia absinthium,
or common wormwood, is well known, and Artemisia tridentata
is the sage brush of the Rocky Mountain region.
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Artemisia variabilis
(gcide) | Wormwood \Worm"wood\, n. [AS. werm?d, akin to OHG. wermuota,
wormuota, G. wermuth, wermut; of uncertain origin.]
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1. (Bot.) A composite plant (Artemisia Absinthium), having
a bitter and slightly aromatic taste, formerly used as a
tonic and a vermifuge, and to protect woolen garments from
moths. It gives the peculiar flavor to the cordial called
absinthe. The volatile oil is a narcotic poison. The term
is often extended to other species of the same genus.
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2. Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness.
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Lest there should be among you a root that beareth
gall and wormwood. --Deut. xxix.
18.
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Roman wormwood (Bot.), an American weed ({Ambrosia
artemisiaefolia}); hogweed.
Tree wormwood (Bot.), a species of Artemisia (probably
Artemisia variabilis) with woody stems.
Wormwood hare (Zool.), a variety of the common hare ({Lepus
timidus}); -- so named from its color.
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Artemisia vulgaris
(gcide) | Mugwort \Mug"wort`\, n. [AS. mucgwyrt. Cf. Midge.] (Bot.)
A somewhat aromatic composite weed (Artemisia vulgaris), at
one time used medicinally; -- called also motherwort.
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Lepus artemisia
(gcide) | Sage \Sage\, n. [OE. sauge, F. sauge, L. salvia, from salvus
saved, in allusion to its reputed healing virtues. See
Safe.] (Bot.)
(a) A suffruticose labiate plant (Salvia officinalis) with
grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc.
The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which
many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet
sage, and Mexican red and blue sage.
(b) The sagebrush.
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Meadow sage (Bot.), a blue-flowered species of Salvia
(Salvia pratensis) growing in meadows in Europe.
Sage cheese, cheese flavored with sage, and colored green
by the juice of leaves of spinach and other plants which
are added to the milk.
Sage cock (Zool.), the male of the sage grouse; in a more
general sense, the specific name of the sage grouse.
Sage green, of a dull grayish green color, like the leaves
of garden sage.
Sage grouse (Zool.), a very large American grouse
(Centrocercus urophasianus), native of the dry sagebrush
plains of Western North America. Called also {cock of the
plains}. The male is called sage cock, and the female
sage hen.
Sage hare, or Sage rabbit (Zool.), a species of hare
(Lepus Nuttalli syn. Lepus artemisia) which inhabits
the arid regions of Western North America and lives among
sagebrush. By recent writers it is considered to be merely
a variety of the common cottontail, or wood rabbit.
Sage hen (Zool.), the female of the sage grouse.
Sage sparrow (Zool.), a small sparrow (Amphispiza Belli,
var. Nevadensis) which inhabits the dry plains of the
Rocky Mountain region, living among sagebrush.
Sage thrasher (Zool.), a singing bird ({Oroscoptes
montanus}) which inhabits the sagebrush plains of Western
North America.
Sage willow (Bot.), a species of willow (Salix tristis)
forming a low bush with nearly sessile grayish green
leaves.
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ambrosia artemisiifolia
(wn) | Ambrosia artemisiifolia
n 1: annual weed with finely divided foliage and spikes of green
flowers; common in North America; introduced elsewhere
accidentally [syn: common ragweed, {Ambrosia
artemisiifolia}] |
artemis
(wn) | Artemis
n 1: (Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the
Moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo;
identified with Roman Diana [syn: Artemis, Cynthia] |
artemis pontica
(wn) | Artemis pontica
n 1: European wormwood; minor source of absinthe [syn: {Roman
wormwood}, Artemis pontica] |
artemis spinescens
(wn) | Artemis spinescens
n 1: a perennial that is valuable as sheep forage in the United
States [syn: bud brush, bud sagebrush, {Artemis
spinescens}] |
artemisia
(wn) | artemisia
n 1: any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus
Artemisia having aromatic green or greyish foliage |
artemisia abrotanum
(wn) | Artemisia abrotanum
n 1: shrubby European wormwood naturalized in North America;
sometimes used in brewing beer [syn: southernwood,
Artemisia abrotanum] |
artemisia absinthium
(wn) | Artemisia absinthium
n 1: aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having
a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe [syn:
common wormwood, absinthe, old man, lad's love,
Artemisia absinthium] |
artemisia annua
(wn) | Artemisia annua
n 1: wormwood of southeastern Europe to Iran [syn: {sweet
wormwood}, Artemisia annua] |
artemisia californica
(wn) | Artemisia californica
n 1: low ashy-grey California shrub [syn: {California
sagebrush}, California sage, Artemisia californica] |
artemisia campestris
(wn) | Artemisia campestris
n 1: European wormwood similar to common wormwood in its
properties [syn: field wormwood, Artemisia campestris] |
artemisia cana
(wn) | Artemisia cana
n 1: low much-branched perennial of western United States having
silvery leaves; an important browse and shelter plant [syn:
silver sage, silver sagebrush, grey sage, {gray
sage}, Seriphidium canum, Artemisia cana] |
artemisia dracunculus
(wn) | Artemisia dracunculus
n 1: aromatic perennial of southeastern Russia [syn: tarragon,
estragon, Artemisia dracunculus] |
artemisia filifolia
(wn) | Artemisia filifolia
n 1: silver-haired shrub of central and southern United States
and Mexico; a troublesome weed on rangelands [syn: {sand
sage}, silvery wormwood, Artemisia filifolia] |
artemisia frigida
(wn) | Artemisia frigida
n 1: silky-leaved aromatic perennial of dry northern parts of
the northern hemisphere; has tawny florets [syn: {wormwood
sage}, prairie sagewort, Artemisia frigida] |
artemisia gnaphalodes
(wn) | Artemisia gnaphalodes
n 1: perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States
[syn: western mugwort, white sage, cudweed, {prairie
sage}, Artemisia ludoviciana, Artemisia gnaphalodes] |
artemisia ludoviciana
(wn) | Artemisia ludoviciana
n 1: perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States
[syn: western mugwort, white sage, cudweed, {prairie
sage}, Artemisia ludoviciana, Artemisia gnaphalodes] |
artemisia maritima
(wn) | Artemisia maritima
n 1: plants of western and northern European coasts [syn: {sea
wormwood}, Seriphidium maritimum, Artemisia maritima] |
artemisia stelleriana
(wn) | Artemisia stelleriana
n 1: herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of
North America; used as an ornamental plant [syn: {dusty
miller}, beach wormwood, old woman, {Artemisia
stelleriana}] |
artemisia tridentata
(wn) | Artemisia tridentata
n 1: aromatic shrub of arid regions of western North America
having hoary leaves [syn: big sagebrush, blue sage,
Seriphidium tridentatum, Artemisia tridentata] |
artemisia vulgaris
(wn) | Artemisia vulgaris
n 1: European tufted aromatic perennial herb having hairy red or
purple stems and dark green leaves downy white below and
red-brown florets [syn: common mugwort, {Artemisia
vulgaris}] |
artemision at ephesus
(wn) | Artemision at Ephesus
n 1: the large temple of the Greek goddess Artemis which was
begun at Ephesus in 541 BC and completed 220 years later;
the temple was destroyed by the Goths in 262 |
genus artemisia
(wn) | genus Artemisia
n 1: usually aromatic shrubs or herbs of north temperate regions
and South Africa and western South America: wormwood;
sagebrush; mugwort; tarragon |
temple of artemis
(wn) | Temple of Artemis
n 1: a large temple at Ephesus that was said to be one of the
seven wonders of the ancient world |
artemis microkernel
(foldoc) | Artemis microkernel
A microkernel currently under development
by Dave Hudson , scheduled for
release under GPL in May 1995. It is targeted at
embedded applications on Intel 80386, Intel 486 and
Pentium based systems.
(1995-03-29)
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