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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. slender yellow-flowered European mustard often troublesome as a weed; formerly used as an anthelmintic;
[syn: wormseed mustard, Erysimum cheiranthoides]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Wormseed \Worm"seed`\, n. (Bot.) Any one of several plants, as Artemisia santonica, and Chenopodium anthelminticum, whose seeds have the property of expelling worms from the stomach and intestines. [1913 Webster] Wormseed mustard, a slender, cruciferous plant (Erysinum cheiranthoides) having small lanceolate leaves. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

wormseed mustard n 1: slender yellow-flowered European mustard often troublesome as a weed; formerly used as an anthelmintic [syn: wormseed mustard, Erysimum cheiranthoides]