artemisia Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic green or greyish foliage

WordNet

Ar`te*mi"si*a noun
Etymology
L. Artemisia, Gr. .
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort, southernwood, and wormwood. Of these A. absinthium, or common wormwood, is well known, and A. tridentata is the sage brush of the Rocky Mountain region.

Webster 1913