wormseed mustard

Noun
Synonyms: wormseed mustardErysimum cheiranthoides

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. slender yellow-flowered European mustard often troublesome as a weed; formerly used as an anthelminticSynonyms: wormseed mustardErysimum cheiranthoides
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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