wormseed
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- rank-smelling tropical American pigweedSynonyms: American wormseedMexican teaSpanish teaChenopodium ambrosioidesType of goosefoot
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Worm′seed′ noun
Botany Any one of several plants, as Artemisia santonica, and Chenopodium anthelminticum, whose seeds have the property of expelling worms from the stomach and intestines.
Wormseed mustard, a slender, cruciferous plant (Erysinum cheiranthoides) having small lanceolate leaves.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54