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mugweed dial.|ˈmʌgwiːd| Forms: 4 muggewede, 5 mugwed, muguued, (mogwed), 8– mugweed. [f. mug- (in mugwort) + weed; perh. in part an etymologizing perversion of mugwet mugget1.] a. Mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris. b. Crosswort, Galium Cruciata; also golden mugweed (Treas. Bot. 1866).
a1387Sinon. Barthol. (Anecd. Oxon.) 11/2 Arthemesia, muggewede. Ibid. 20/1. c 1450 Alphita (ibid.) 13/2 Archemesia..angl. mugwort uel mugwed. 1756Watson in Phil. Trans. XLIX. 853 Crosswort or Mugweed. 1886Cheshire Gloss., Mugweed, Artemisia vulgaris. |