artemis pontica

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   European wormwood; minor source of absinthe

   SynonymsRoman wormwood

   Broaderwormwood

   Part ofgenus Artemisia

Questions about artemis pontica

What does artemis pontica mean?

artemis pontica means "European wormwood; minor source of absinthe".

What is another word for artemis pontica?

Close synonyms include Roman wormwood. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is artemis pontica a common word?

artemis pontica is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.