artemisia

From Latin artemisia, from Ancient Greek ἀρτεμισία (artemisía), from Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis, “Artemis, the goddess”).

• IPA^(key): /ɑːtɪˈmɪzɪə/

artemisia (plural artemisias)

1. Any of many aromatic flowering plants of the genus Artemisia, including wormwood, sagebrush, and tarragon, often used as traditional medicine, oral contraceptive and flavoring.
   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 112:

     In the event of anyone wishing to invoke the very Prince of Spirits, the following ingredients were prescribed to be burnt - Juice of Hypericon, Saffron, Artemisia, and the root of Valerian.

   • 2010, Graeme Tobyn, Alison Denham, Margaret Whitelegg, The Western Herbal Tradition, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 125:

     Our central issue, however, is whether the artemisia of Dioscorides is mugwort. Fuchs in Germany shows no hesitation in accepting the beyfusz of his country, called armoise by the French and Artemisia latifolia or broadleaved artemisia by the Italians, is the artemisia of Dioscorides, Galen, and Pliny, and he quotes them exactly on the plant's medicinal actions.

• Artemisia (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from Latin artemīsia, from Ancient Greek ἀρτεμῑσία (artemīsía), from Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis, “Artemis, the goddess”).

• IPA^(key): /ar.teˈmi.zja/
• Rhymes: -izja
• Hyphenation: ar‧te‧mì‧sia

artemisia f (plural artemisie)

1. artemisia

From Ancient Greek ἀρτεμισία (artemisía), from Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis, “Artemis, the goddess”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ar.tɛˈmɪ.si.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ar.t̪eˈmiː.s̬i.a]

artemisia f (genitive artemisiae); first declension

1. mugwort (or similar plant)

First-declension noun.

• IPA^(key): /aɾteˈmisja/ [aɾ.t̪eˈmi.sja]
• Rhymes: -isja
• Syllabification: ar‧te‧mi‧sia

artemisia f (plural artemisias)

1. alternative form of artemisa

• “artemisia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024