wormseed
n 1: rank-smelling tropical American pigweed [syn: {American
wormseed}, {Mexican tea}, {Spanish tea}, {wormseed},
{Chenopodium ambrosioides}]
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.
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{Wormseed mustard}, a slender, cruciferous plant ({Erysinum
cheiranthoides}) having small lanceolate leaves.
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