mugwort
Any member of the species Artemisia vulgaris of plants native to temperate Eurasia and…Any member of the species Artemisia vulgaris of plants native to temperate Eurasia and north Africa, traditionally used medicinally.
» There is a large patch of mugwort along the back side of the parking lot.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)Any member of the species Artemisia vulgaris of plants native to temperate Eurasia and north Africa, traditionally used medicinally.
Beifuß, gemeiner Beifuß
чернобы́лčernobýl, чернобы́льčernobýlʹ, чернобы́льникčernobýlʹnik
чорно́бильčornóbylʹ
(countable, uncountable)Any of several aromatic plants of the genus Artemisia native to Eurasia, Africa, and North America.
полы́ньpolýnʹ
поли́нpolýn
any of several weedy composite plants of the genus Artemisia
Examples
3 sentencesThere is a large patch of mugwort along the back side of the parking lot.
I find mugwort really difficult to control because of its tendency to resprout vigorously from rhizomes.
One of my friends told me that if you drink mugwort tea before going to bed, it makes you have interesting dreams.
deEin Freund erzählte mir, daß man interessant träume, wenn man vor dem Schlafengehen Beifußtee trinke. — Waldelfe
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English mugwort, mugwyrt, mucgwurt, from Old English mucgwyrt, mucwyrt et al.,From Middle English mugwort, mugwyrt, mucgwurt, from Old English mucgwyrt, mucwyrt et al., from Proto-Germanic; probably corresponding to midge + wort. Cognate with regional Low German muggart, mugwurz.
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Forms
plural: mugwortsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable