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wormseed

 

Definitions from WordNet

Noun wormseed has 1 sense
  1. American wormseed, Mexican tea, Spanish tea, wormseed, Chenopodium ambrosioides - rank-smelling tropical American pigweed
    --1 is a kind of goosefoot

Definitions from the Web

Wormseed

Definition: Wormseed is a herbaceous plant of the genus Chenopodium, native to tropical regions and used medicinally as a vermifuge.

Senses:

Noun

  1. A small herbaceous plant of the goosefoot family.
  2. A medicinal plant used as a vermifuge.

Usage examples:

Sense 1:

"I found a patch of wormseed growing in my backyard."

"The wormseed plant has distinctive leaves."

"You can identify wormseed by its small flowers."

Sense 2:

"The herbalist recommended wormseed to treat the parasite infection."

"After taking the wormseed extract, the patient expelled the worms."

"In some cultures, wormseed is commonly used as a natural vermifuge."

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