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Noun: wormseed  'wurm,seed
  1. A central and south American herb; the leaves are used in Mexican cooking and to make tea
    - American wormseed, Mexican tea, Spanish tea, Chenopodium ambrosioides, Dysphania ambrosioides, epazote
     
  2. An Asian species of herbaceous perennial in the daisy family; dried flowerheads are used to make santonin, which destroys parasitic worms
    - Artemisia cina, santonica, Levant wormseed

Derived forms: wormseeds

Type of: goosefoot

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