[L., a. Gr. ἀρτεμισία, f. Ἄρτεμις the goddess Diana.] A genus of plants (N.O. Compositæ), distinguished by a peculiarly bitter or aromatic taste, including the Common Wormwood, Mugwort, and Southernwood.
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., XVII. xvi. (1495), 613. Artemisia is callyd moder of herbes and was somtyme halowed … to the goddesse that hyghte Arthemis.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., Artemisia, a medicinal herb of great efficacy as an uterine.
1866. Treas. Bot., 95/1. The Artemisias abound in the arid soil of the Tartarian Steppes.
