Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
common mugwort

common mugwort

8.8
A European herb with green leaves and small reddish brown flowers
  • noun
  • /ˈkɑːmən ˈmʌɡwɜːrt/
translation icon : artemisa común
  • The common mugwort blooms with small, reddish-brown flowers in late summer.

Examples

  • The leaves of common mugwort are sometimes used in traditional herbal medicine.

  • Gardeners often find common mugwort growing wild along roadsides and riverbanks.

  • The common mugwort is often used in herbal remedies.

  • Many gardeners grow common mugwort for its medicinal properties.

  • Gardeners often find common mugwort growing wild along roadsides and riverbanks.

  • The common mugwort blooms with small, reddish-brown flowers in late summer.

  • Many gardeners grow common mugwort for its medicinal properties.

Synonyms

mugwort
vscommon mugwort
3 9.0

A common plant with a strong smell used as a medicine and in cooking

is the specific species defined by detailed physical features rather than uses
Artemisia vulgaris
vscommon mugwort
  • Specialized
9.5

A common European herb called mugwort with hairy stems and green leaves

is the common everyday name used instead of the scientific label

Surface Forms

common mugwort singular
common mugworts plural

Morphology

common + mugwort

This is a simple adjective + noun composition: a B1 learner who knows 'common' (widespread) and 'mugwort' (a plant) can infer it refers to a widely occurring type of mugwort. There is no idiomatic or metaphorical shift here, so the meaning is fully compositional and predictable from the parts.

Etymology

Common mugwort may come from an old practice of putting its leaves in a mug to flavor drinks, while wort was an old word for 'plant'. So the name helps us remember that this common herb was used for drinks and simple medicine.