Wormseed

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     {Wormseed mustard}, a slender, cruciferous plant ({Erysinum
        cheiranthoides}) having small lanceolate leaves.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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