Definitions for santonica

santonica san·ton·i·ca

Spelling: [san-ton-i-kuh]
IPA: /sænˈtɒn ɪ kə/

Santonica is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 397 anagrams from letters in santonica (aacinnost).

Definitions for santonica

noun

  1. the dried flower heads of any of several species of wormwood, belonging to the genus Artemisia, used as a vermifuge.

Origin of santonica

1650-60; New Latin Latin (herba) santonica (herb) of the Santonī a Gaulish tribe of Aquitania

Examples for santonica

Santonine, son′to-nin, n. a colourless crystalline poisonous compound contained in santonica.

The vegetation of the plains, inclusive of santonica, consists generally of three or four small Cruciferæ, Tulipa lutea.

Botanical features continue the same, santonica being still the prevailing plant.

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