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Mugwort vs Ragweed - What's the difference?

mugwort | ragweed |

As nouns the difference between mugwort and ragweed

is that mugwort is any of several aromatic plants of the genus Artemisia native to Europe and Asia while ragweed is a plant of the genus Ambrosia. These weeds are particularly noted for producing pollen which people with hay fever are allergic to.

mugwort

English

(wikipedia mugwort) (Artemisia)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (botany) Any of several aromatic plants of the genus Artemisia native to Europe and Asia.
  • , also (common wormwood), used as a herb in cooking.
  • * 1653 , (Nicholas Culpeper), The English Physician Enlarged , Folio Society 2007, p. 197:
    • Mugwort is with good success put among other herbs that are boiled, for women to sit over the hot decoction to draw down their courses, to help the delivery of the birth and expel the afterbirth, as also for the obstructions and inflammations of the mother.

    Synonyms

    * absinthe, artemisia, wormwood

    Derived terms

    * - (Chinese mugwort), used in traditional Chinese medicine * - (Douglas mugwort), native to western North America * - (alpine mugwort) * - (Japanese mugwort) * - (Oriental mugwort) * - (Norwegian mugwort) * - (Japanese mugwort) ("yomogi"), (Korean mugwort) ("ssuk"), used as a culinary herb and in traditional Chinese medicine. * - (hoary mugwort) * - (Chinese mugwort)

    ragweed

    English

    (wikipedia ragweed)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A plant of the genus Ambrosia . These weeds are particularly noted for producing pollen which people with hay fever are allergic to.

    • Derived terms

    * great ragweed

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