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san·toni·ca (san tän′i kə)
noun
- any of several European wormwoods (esp. Artemisia cina)
- the unexpanded, dried flower heads of several European wormwoods, containing santonin
Etymology: ModL < L (herba) santonica, after Santoni, a people of ancient Gaul
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