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Definition of: santonica
(san·ton′i·kə) noun
1. An Old World plant of the composite family, especially the European wormwood (Artemisia maritima).
2. The unexpanded flower heads of this plant, used as a vermifuge. [<NL <L (herba) Santonica a kind of wormwood, fem. sing. of Santonicus of the Santoni <Santoni the Santoni, a people of Aquitania]
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