ARTEMISIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic green or greyish foliage

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("artemisia" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "artemisia"):

Artemisia dracunculus; estragon; tarragon (aromatic perennial of southeastern Russia)

Holonyms ("artemisia" is a member of...):

genus Artemisia (usually aromatic shrubs or herbs of north temperate regions and South Africa and western South America: wormwood; sagebrush; mugwort; tarragon)

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