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| san·ton·i·ca [ san tónnikə ] (plural san·ton·i·cas or san·ton·i·ca) |
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1. source of santonin: the dried unopened flower heads of a wormwood plant. Use: source of santonin.
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2. wormwood plant with abundant flowers: a wormwood plant with twin needle-shaped leaves grown for its abundant flower heads, which when dried are santonica. Native to: Europe, Asia. Genus Artemisia.
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| [Mid-17th century. < modern Latin< form of Latin santonicus< Santoni, tribe of the Gauls] |
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