SANTONICA
\santˈɒnɪkə], \santˈɒnɪkə], \s_a_n_t_ˈɒ_n_ɪ_k_ə]\
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[Latin] The unexpanded flower-heads of Artemisia pauciflora; the Flores cinae, G.P. wormseed. S. is used to destroy round and seat-worms, and in incontinence of urine. In large doses causes diuresis, vertigo, convulsions, mydriasis, and amaurosis, colors the urine yellow or reddish, and gives a yellow or purplish hue to objects looked at. Dose, 10-60 gr. (gm. 0.6-4.0).
By Alexander Duane
By Sir Augustus Henry
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Wormseed; the minute unopened flower heads of Artemisia cinar Artemisia contra, Artemisia vahliana, Artemisia maritima, Artemisia pauciflora [U. S. Ph.], and of various other species of Artemisia. It is used, chiefly in the form of its peculiar principle (santonin), as an anthelmintic.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.