- canada wormwood
- noun
Usage: usually capitalized C: an aromatic weedy herb (Artemisia canadensis) with divided leaves and a terminal raceme of greenish flower heads found chiefly in Canada
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
canada wormwood
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