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BEACH WORMWOOD
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant
Synonyms:
Artemisia stelleriana; beach wormwood; dusty miller; old woman
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("beach wormwood" is a kind of...):
wormwood (any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium)
Holonyms ("beach wormwood" 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)