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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.

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.

A genus of composite herbs and shrubs with strong-smelling foliage. Included in this genus are A. abrotanum (southernwood), A. absinthium (wormwood), and A. maritima (A. pauciflora), from which SANTONIN is derived. A. absinthium oil contains neurotoxic agents (1-thujone and d-isothujone).

A genus of plants of the natural order Compositoe, found chiefly in Europe, Asia, and North America.

Mother-herb, a genus of plants including the mugwort, wormwood, &c.

Called after a queen of the name, who first employed it; 'Diana;' because it was formerly used in diseases of women, over whom she presided. The Gauls called it Bricumum.

Genus of plants. A. abrotanum of southernwood is stimulant, tonic, and vermifuge.

Wormwood. A genus of herbs or shrubs of the Compositae, tribe Senecionideae. [Gr.]