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mug•wort
(mug′wûrt′, -wôrt′),USA pronunciation n.
- Plant Biologyany of certain weedy composite plants of the genus Artemisia, esp. A. vulgaris, having aromatic leaves and small, greenish flower heads.
- bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English mucgwyrt. See midge, wort2
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