Meaning of mugwort | Babel Free
ˈmʌɡwɜːtDefinitions
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“Mugwort is with good success put⟳ among other herbs that are boiled, for women to sit⟳ over the hot decoction to draw⟳ down their courses, to help⟳ the delivery of the birth and expel the afterbirth, as also for the obstructions and inflammations of the mother.”
“Peony would keep⟳ away any kind of storms. Mugwort hung over doorways on Midsummer's Day, June 24, would keep⟳ off lightning, as St. John's-Wort would if gathered before sunrise on that day.”
““I have⟳ eaten mugwort,” he told his familiar. “Soon I shall see⟳ down the well of time; our past lies there.””
“Take⟳ then mugwort and everlasting and boil these three in several kinds of milk until they become⟳ red.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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