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n. Any of several aromatic plants of the genus Artemisia, especially A. vulgaris, native to Eurasia and sometimes used as a condiment.

n. Any of several aromatic plants of the genus Artemisia native to Europe and Asia.

n. Artemisia vulgaris, also common wormwood, used as a herb in cooking.

n. A somewhat aromatic composite weed (Artemisia vulgaris), at one time used medicinally; -- called also motherwort.

n. The plant Artemisia vulgaris; also, sometimes, A. Absinthium. In the United States the western mugwort is A. Ludoviciana, the leaves, as in A. vulgaris, white-tomentose beneath.

n. any of several weedy composite plants of the genus Artemisia

"The Katzer pages and this botanical log confirm the similar Russian names: mugwort is Чернобыльник ( "Chernobylnik") or botanically Полынь Обыкновенная (Common Polyn);, and according to the southernwood page, wormwood aka Artemisia absinthium is Полынь горькая ( "Bitter Polyn" again)."

wormwood   

west indian mugwort    east indian mugwort   

motherwort   

prairie sage    artemisia ludoviciana    western mugwort    white sage    common mugwort    artemisia vulgaris    cudweed    artemisia gnaphalodes   

wormwood    artemisia    absinthe   

betony    hyssop    catnip    dittany    agrimony    marguerite    cohosh    Nasturtium    helichrysum    sourer