Artĕmĭsĭa, ae, f., = Ἄρτεμισία.
I Wife of King Mausolus , in Caria , to whom , after his death , she built the renowned Mausoleum , Gell. 10, 18.—
II artĕmĭsĭa , ae, f., the plant mugwort , Plin. 25, 7, 36, § 73; App. Herb. 10.
·noun A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort, southernwood, and wormwood. Of these A....
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