1. A central and south American herb; the leaves are used in Mexican cooking and to make tea
   "American wormseed adds traditional flavour to black bean dishes";
   - American wormseed, Mexican tea, Spanish tea, Chenopodium ambrosioides, epazote, Dysphania ambrosioides
    
2. An Asian species of herbaceous perennial in the daisy family; dried flowerheads are used to make santonin, which destroys parasitic worms
   - Artemisia cina, santonica, Levant wormseed

Derived forms: wormseeds

Type of: goosefoot

Encyclopedia: Wormseed