santonica
(sænˈtɒnɪkə)
[a. L. Santonica (sc. herba), a kind of wormwood, fem. sing. of Santonicus pertaining to the Santones or Santoni, a people of Aquitania. The plant was also called absinthium Santonicum (Pliny), Gr. (ἀψίνθιον) σαντονικόν, σαντόνιον. Cf. 16th c. F. santonique.]
The dried unexpanded flower-heads of species of Artemisia, produced in Turkestan, used as an anthelmintic; Levant or Alexandrian wormseed.
| 1658 J. Rowland Moufet's Theat. Ins. 1119 Such things as we said to be good against Worms..such as are Worm⁓wood, Southernwood, Santonicum. 1871 Ransom in J. R. Reynolds' Syst. Med. III. 198 A very general concurrence of opinion..in favour of the use of santonica or worm-seed. |