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Meanings of wormseed in English

Rank-smelling tropical American pigweed.

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        Examples for "American wormseed"
        Examples for "American wormseed"
        1
        And I'm going to take a dose of Mexican Tea every two hours.
        The Story Girl
        2
        You'd better take some Mexican Tea now.
        The Story Girl
        3
        All day she sat in the kitchen and worked buttonholes, subsisting on bread and water and Mexican Tea.
        The Story Girl
        4
        "I've saved many a doctor's bill in my family by using Mexican Tea."
        The Story Girl
        5
        "Give her a good dose of Mexican Tea and try that first," said Aunt Janet.
        The Story Girl
        Usage of wormseed in English
        1
        A thick hot smell of bitter almond, civet, cumin, wormseed and orris!
        The Illustrated Man
        2
        Take wormseed, half a drachm, flour of sulphur, a drachm; mix and make a powder.
        The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher / Containing his C...
        3
        TREATMENT.-Oneteaspoonful of powdered wormseed mixed with a sufficient quantity of molasses, or spread on bread and butter.
        Searchlights on Health: The Science of Eugenics
        4
        Combination: Oil of wormseed one ounce, oil of tansy one ounce, spirits of turpentine one and one-half ounce, castor oil one pint.
        Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
        5
        Wormseed oil, a few drops at a time, has given relief, but should be used cautiously.
        Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepe...
        Frequent collocations
        Wormseed through the time