mugwort
English
mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris
Etymology
From Middle English mugwort, mugwyrt, mucgwurt, from Old English mucgwyrt, mucwyrt et al., from Proto-Germanic; probably corresponding to midge + wort. Cognate with regional Low German muggart, mugwurz.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmʌɡwəːt/
Noun
mugwort (countable and uncountable, plural mugworts)
- Any of several aromatic plants of the genus Artemisia native to Europe and Asia.
- Artemisia vulgaris, traditionally used medicinally.
- 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society 2007, p. 197:
- Mugwort is with good success put among other herbs that are boiled, for women to sit over the hot decoction to draw down their courses, to help the delivery of the birth and expel the afterbirth, as also for the obstructions and inflammations of the mother.
- 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society 2007, p. 197:
Derived terms
- Artemisia argyi - Chinese mugwort, used in traditional Chinese medicine
- Artemisia douglasiana - Douglas mugwort, native to western North America
- Artemisia glacialis - alpine mugwort
- Artemisia indica - Japanese mugwort
- Artemisia japonica - Oriental mugwort
- Artemisia norvegica - Norwegian mugwort
- Artemisia princeps - Japanese mugwort ("yomogi"), Korean mugwort ("ssuk"), used as a culinary herb and in traditional Chinese medicine.
- Artemisia stelleriana - hoary mugwort
- Artemisia verlotiorum - Chinese mugwort
Translations
any of several artemisias
Artemisia vulgaris
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