artemisia

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

artemisia
    n 1: any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus
         Artemisia having aromatic green or greyish foliage

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Artemisia \Ar`te*mi"si*a\ ([aum]rt[-e]"m[i^]zh"[i^]*[.a] or
   [aum]rt[-e]"m[i^]sh"[i^]*[.a]), n. [L. Artemisia, Gr.
   'Artemisi`a.] (Bot.)
   A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort,
   southernwood, and wormwood. Of these {Artemisia absinthium},
   or common wormwood, is well known, and {Artemisia tridentata}
   is the sage brush of the Rocky Mountain region.
   [1913 Webster]