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wormseed

wormseed

9.9
A tropical plant with a strong smell that people use to make medicine to remove intestinal worms
  • noun
  • /ˈwɜrmˌsid/
  • Specialized
translation icon : semilla de gusano
  • In traditional medicine, wormseed is known for its effectiveness in expelling intestinal parasites.

Examples

  • The leaves of the wormseed plant emit a strong odor that can be detected even from a distance.

  • Many herbalists recommend wormseed as a remedy for treating infections caused by parasitic worms.

  • Maybe some wormseed might do the trick.

    Fiction book (1997)

Synonyms

Mexican tea
vswormseed
  • US
8.1

A strong-smelling herb used for cooking and in traditional medicine

focuses on medicinal use specifically for expelling parasitic worms
Chenopodium ambrosioides
vswormseed
  • Specialized
9.9

A herb with a strong smell used in Mexican cooking and traditional medicine

is used particularly as a medicine to remove parasitic worms
Spanish tea
vswormseed
  • US
9.9

A tropical American plant with a strong, unpleasant smell

is identified by its medicinal role against parasitic worms rather than odor alone
American wormseed
vswormseed
  • US
9.9

A tropical weed from the Americas with a strong unpleasant smell used in traditional medicine

is valued mainly for specific medicinal action against parasitic worms rather than family or smell

Compounds

American wormseed
  • US
9.9

A tropical weed from the Americas with a strong unpleasant smell used in traditional medicine

wormseed mustard
  • UK
9.9

A small wild plant with yellow flowers that often grows as a weed

Surface Forms

wormseed singular
wormseeds plural

Morphology

wormseed = worm + seed (transparent) = worm + seed

The compound 'worm' + 'seed' clearly denotes a plant/seed associated with worms (historically used to expel them), so the meaning is directly inferable from its parts.

Etymology

Wormseed comes from two simple English parts, worm ('a worm that lives in the body') and seed ('the part of a plant'), because people used the plant's seeds and leaves to remove worms from the body. So, the name directly tells the plant's old use as a medicine for intestinal worms.