Definitions for mugwort

mugwort mug·wort

Spelling: [muhg-wurt, -wawrt]
IPA: /ˈmʌgˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt/

Mugwort is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 113 anagrams from letters in mugwort (gmortuw).

Definitions for mugwort

noun

  1. any of certain weedy composite plants of the genus Artemisia, especially A. vulgaris, having aromatic leaves and small, greenish flower heads.

Origin of mugwort

before 1000; Middle English; Old English mucgwyrt. See midge, wort2

Examples for mugwort

Take three scruples each of mugwort, myrrh, gentian and pill.

At another time Winthrop had sent to him "bezoar stone, mugwort, orgaine, and galingall root."

Take of syrup of mugwort one ounce, syrup of maiden-hair two ounces, pulv-elect triasand one drachm; make a julep.

It feeds on the flowers of wormwood and mugwort (Artemisia), from August to October.

The stem of the mugwort is pale green, and has red ridges running from end to end.

Among herbs, the mugwort is considered to be truly the oldest.

Let her boil burnet, mugwort, feverfew and vervain in all her broths.

He had his cattle and his wild pot-herbs, such as the mugwort and the nettle.

Ancient name of the mugwort, in memory of Artemisia, wife of Mausolus.

The mugwort, or Wormwood as it is often called, is common all over the country.

Word Value for mugwort
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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