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sea wormwood

sea wormwood

9.9
A plant that grows near the sea with silvery leaves and small yellow flowers
  • noun
  • /siː ˈwɜːrˌmʊd/
  • UK
translation icon : artemisa marina
  • The salt marshes along the coast are dotted with sea wormwood, which blooms with small yellowish flower heads in summer.

Examples

  • Gardeners sometimes plant sea wormwood for its silvery foliage and resilience to saline soil.

  • The salt marshes along the coast are dotted with sea wormwood in the summer months.

  • After the storm, a patch of sea wormwood thrived in the sandy dunes near the harbour.

  • The sea wormwood grows abundantly along the coast.

  • Have you seen a sea wormwood plant before?

  • Gardeners sometimes plant sea wormwood for its aromatic leaves and ability to thrive in coastal conditions.

  • After the storm, a patch of sea wormwood thrived in the sandy dunes near the harbour.

Synonyms

wormwood
vssea wormwood
  • Specialized
5 8.9

A bitter plant with a strong smell used to make medicine and flavor drinks

is the coastal species specifically with silvery leaves and small yellow flowers
Artemisia maritima
vssea wormwood
  • Specialized
9.9

A coastal plant with silvery leaves and a strong smell used in medicine and as a flavor

is the common name used for the same coastal perennial
Seriphidium maritimum
vssea wormwood
  • UK
9.9

A coastal plant with silvery leaves that grows in salty soil

is the common name used more widely for this coastal species
Artemisia
vssea wormwood
  • Specialized
9.3

A group of scented shrubs and herbs like wormwood or tarragon

is one particular coastal species within that broader genus

Surface Forms

sea wormwood singular
sea wormwoods plural

Morphology

sea + wormwood

The compound 'sea wormwood' is transparently compositional: 'sea' modifies 'wormwood' to indicate a variety of wormwood associated with the sea (coastal wormwood). This noun+noun naming pattern is a standard and cross-linguistically common way to form plant names, so a B1 learner who knows 'sea' and 'wormwood' can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Sea wormwood gets its name from a simple picture: the bitter plant wormwood growing by the sea. So the name just means a kind of wormwood that lives on the coast.