Hypertext Webster Gateway: "wormseed"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Wormseed \Worm"seed`\, n. (Bot.)
Any one of several plants, as {Artemisia santonica}, and
{Chenopodium anthelminticum}, whose seeds have the property
of expelling worms from the stomach and intestines.

{Wormseed mustard}, a slender, cruciferous plant ({Erysinum
cheiranthoides}) having small lanceolate leaves.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

wormseed
n : rank-smelling tropical American pigweed [syn: {American
wormseed}, {Mexican tea}, {Spanish tea}, {Chenopodium
ambrosioides}]


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