a N temperate perennial herbaceous plant, Artemisia vulgaris, with aromatic leaves and clusters of small greenish-white flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
2. another name for crosswort
Word origin
Old English mucgwyrt, perhaps from Old English mycgmidge
Examples of 'mugwort' in a sentence
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Mugwort is growing tall at the side of fields.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Mugwort is more arresting, with purple-striped stalks and jagged leaves that are silvery beneath.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Then it's the turn of the allergenic weeds, mugwort being a potent one.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Two tall plants are fat hen and mugwort.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
For a rather plain, often dusty plant, mugwort boasts a fascinating history.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
We then continued along hilltops and through woods, past rhododendron trees, fishtail ferns, chestnuts, pines, figs and mugwort.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Mugwort is also tall by now, and very conspicuous with the downy-white undersides to its masses of leaves.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The only ground vegetation is the long grass, and the tall fat hen and mugwort at the field edges.