mugwort en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English mugwort, mugwyrt, mucgwurt, from Old English mucgwyrt, mucwyrt et al., from Proto-Germanic; probably corresponding to midge + wort. Cognate with regional Low German muggart, mugwurz.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Any member of the species Artemisia vulgaris of plants native to temperate Eurasia and north Africa, traditionally used medicinally.
Mugwort is with good success put among other herbs that are boiled, for women to sit over the hot decoction to draw down their courses, to help the delivery of the birth and expel the afterbirth, as also for the obstructions and inflammations of the mother.
1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 197:Peony would keep away any kind of storms. Mugwort hung over doorways on Midsummer's Day, June 24, would keep off lightning, as St. John's-Wort would if gathered before sunrise on that day.
1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 258:Take then mugwort and everlasting and boil these three in several kinds of milk until they become red.
1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000, page 128:“I have eaten mugwort,” he told his familiar. “Soon I shall see down the well of time; our past lies there.”
1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 88:
- (countable, uncountable) Any of several aromatic plants of the genus Artemisia native to Eurasia, Africa, and North America.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mugworts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Artemisia japonica · Artemisia princeps · Artemisia argyi · Korean mugwort · Artemisia douglasiana · California mugwort · Artemisia norvegica · native to western North America · Artemisia stelleriana · used in traditional Chinese medicine · Artemisia indica · Artemisia glacialis · Artemisia verlotiorum
Relateds
absinthe · tarragon · wormwood · artemisia · sagebrush · vermouth
Translations (53)
uk чорно́биль (Artemisia vulgaris) · de gemeiner Beifuß (Artemisia vulgaris) · cs pelyněk (any of several artemisias) · fa برنجاسف (Artemisia vulgaris) · tr ayvadana (Artemisia vulgaris) · cs pelyněk černobýl (Artemisia vulgaris) · sva მუქვა̄სჷ̄რა (any of several artemisias) · eo artemizio (any of several artemisias) · cy beidiog lwyd (Artemisia vulgaris) · sv malört (any of several artemisias) · hu fekete üröm (Artemisia vulgaris) · ka მამულა (any of several artemisias) · ga liathlus (Artemisia vulgaris) · az yovşan (any of several artemisias) · fa بلنجاسپ (Artemisia vulgaris) · pt artemísia (any of several artemisias) · ko 쑥 (any of several artemisias) · ru чернобы́льник (Artemisia vulgaris) · de Beifuß (Artemisia vulgaris) · uk поли́н (any of several artemisias) · enm mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) · pl bylica pospolita (Artemisia vulgaris) · fi maruna (any of several artemisias) · fi pujo (Artemisia vulgaris) · tr yavşan (any of several artemisias) · da bynke (any of several artemisias) · ru чернобы́л (Artemisia vulgaris) · ro pelin (any of several artemisias) · ru полы́нь (any of several artemisias) · es artemisa (any of several artemisias) · da grå-bynke (Artemisia vulgaris) · nog ювсан (any of several artemisias) · vec sinsioło (Artemisia vulgaris) · ko 쑥 (Artemisia vulgaris) · fr armoise (any of several artemisias) · ca altimira (Artemisia vulgaris) · fr armoise commune (Artemisia vulgaris) · pt artemigem (Artemisia vulgaris) · ja 欧州蓬 (Artemisia vulgaris) · pl bylica (any of several artemisias) · mhr арым (Artemisia vulgaris) · io artemizio (any of several artemisias) · ro pelinariță (Artemisia vulgaris) · axm բարձուենեկ (Artemisia vulgaris) · es hierba de San Juan (Artemisia vulgaris) · pt artemísia (Artemisia vulgaris) · sv gråbo (Artemisia vulgaris) · vi ngải cứu (Artemisia vulgaris) · nl bijvoet (Artemisia vulgaris) · bg див пелин (Artemisia vulgaris) · ja 蓬 (any of several artemisias) · ru чернобы́ль (Artemisia vulgaris) · es altamisa (Artemisia vulgaris)