mugwort
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mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris
English
Etymology
From Middle English mugwort, mugwyrt, mucgwurt, from Old English mucgwyrt, mucwyrt et al., from Proto-Germanic; probably corresponding to midge + wort. Cognate with regional Low German muggart, mugwurz.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmʌɡwɜːt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmʌɡwɝt/
Noun
mugwort (countable and uncountable, plural mugworts)
- Any of several aromatic plants of the genus Artemisia native to Europe and Asia.
- Artemisia vulgaris, traditionally used medicinally.
- 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 197:
- Mugwort is with good success put among other herbs that are boiled, for women to sit over the hot decoction to draw down their courses, to help the delivery of the birth and expel the afterbirth, as also for the obstructions and inflammations of the mother.
- 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 258:
- Peony would keep away any kind of storms. Mugwort hung over doorways on Midsummer's Day, June 24, would keep off lightning, as St. John's-Wort would if gathered before sunrise on that day.
Derived terms
- Artemisia argyi - Chinese mugwort, used in traditional Chinese medicine
- Artemisia douglasiana - Douglas mugwort, native to western North America
- Artemisia glacialis - alpine mugwort
- Artemisia indica - Japanese mugwort
- Artemisia japonica - Oriental mugwort
- Artemisia norvegica - Norwegian mugwort
- Artemisia princeps - Japanese mugwort ("yomogi"), Korean mugwort ("ssuk"), used as a culinary herb and in traditional Chinese medicine.
- Artemisia stelleriana - hoary mugwort
- Artemisia verlotiorum - Chinese mugwort
- California mugwort
Translations
any of several artemisias
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Artemisia vulgaris
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See also
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English mucgwyrt; possibly equivalent to mydge + wort.
Pronunciation
Noun
mugwort (uncountable)
Descendants
References
- “mug-wort, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.