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Word entry · 7 letters

mugwort

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"Old medicinal herb"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈmʌɡwɜːt/Part of speech nounSorted gmortuwStarts with MEnds with T2 clues
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Definitions

  1. any of several weedy composite plants of the genus Artemisia

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • Peony would keep away any kind of storms. Mugwort hung over doorways on Midsummer's Day, June 24, would keep off lightning, as St. John's-Wort would if gathered before sunrise on that day.
  • “I have eaten mugwort,” he told his familiar. “Soon I shall see down the well of time; our past lies there.”
  • Take then mugwort and everlasting and boil these three in several kinds of milk until they become red.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Old medicinal herb7 letters
02Herb in old remedies7 letters

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