Definitions for wormseeds

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wormseeds worm·seed

Spelling: [wurm-seed]

IPA: /ˈwɜrmˌsid/

Wormseeds is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 309 anagrams from letters in wormseeds (deemorssw).

Definitions for wormseeds

noun

1. the dried, unexpanded flower heads of a wormwood, Artemisia cina (Levant wormseed) or the fruit of certain goosefoots, especially Chenopodium anthelminticum (or C. ambrosioides), the Mexican tea or American wormseed, used as an anthelmintic drug.
2. any of these plants.

Origin of wormseeds

First recorded in 1350-1400, wormseed is from the Middle English word wyrmsed. See worm, seed

Examples for wormseeds

Castor oil, also alone or with a few drops of the oil of turpentine or of wormseed, is also an effectual remedy.

wormseed, or the seed of Chenopodium anthelminticum, has been a favorite remedy for the round-worm, especially in children.