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santonica definition

san·toni·ca (san tän′i kə)

noun

  1. any of several European wormwoods (esp. Artemisia cina)
  2. the unexpanded, dried flower heads of several European wormwoods, containing santonin

Etymology: ModL < L (herba) santonica, after Santoni, a people of ancient Gaul

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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