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Wormseed

Wormseed Meaning & Definition
Wormseed Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Wormseed?

[n] rank-smelling tropical American pigweed

Synonyms | Synonyms for Wormseed: American wormseed | Chenopodium ambrosioides | Mexican tea | Spanish tea

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See Also | goosefoot

Wormseed In Webster's Dictionary

\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. {Wormseed mustard}, a slender, cruciferous plant ({Erysinum cheiranthoides}) having small lanceolate leaves.

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