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Jesuit tea (medicine)


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chenopodium


The dried ripe fruit of Chenopodium ambrosoides (family Chenopodiaceae), American wormwood, from which a volatile oil is distilled and used as an anthelmintic.

Synonym: Jesuit tea, Mexican tea, wormseed.

Origin: G. Chen, goose, + pous (pod-), foot