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[syn: wormseed mustard, Erysimum cheiranthoides]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
Wormseed mustard, a slender, cruciferous plant (Erysinum
cheiranthoides) having small lanceolate leaves.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
wormseed mustard
n 1: slender yellow-flowered European mustard often troublesome
as a weed; formerly used as an anthelmintic [syn: wormseed
mustard, Erysimum cheiranthoides]