ARTEMISIA
\ˌɑːtɪmˈɪzi͡ə], \ˌɑːtɪmˈɪziə], \ˌɑː_t_ɪ_m_ˈɪ_z_iə]\
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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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).
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Quinones
- Hydrocarbon rings which contain two moieties position. They can be substituted in any position except at the ketone groups.