(n)the large temple of the Greek goddess Artemis which was begun at Ephesus in 541 BC and completed 220 years later; the temple was destroyed by the Goths in 262
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n. 1.1 the virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon in Greek mythology; one of the Olympian deities, daughter of Zeus and Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with the Roman Diana. Syn. -- Cynthia, Diana. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. [ L. Artemisia, Gr. 'Artemisi`a. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort, southernwood, and wormwood. Of these Artemisia absinthium, or common wormwood, is well known, and Artemisia tridentata is the sage brush of the Rocky Mountain region. [ 1913 Webster ]
[よもぎ, yomogi](n) (1) Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps, Artemisia indica var. maximowiczii); (2) general term for plants in the Artemisia genus; mugwort; sagebrush; wormwood#17890[Add to Longdo]
[ヨモギぞく(ヨモギ属;ヨモギ屬);よもぎぞく(蓬属), yomogi zoku ( yomogi zoku ; yomogi zoku ); yomogizoku ( yomogi zoku )](n) (See 蓬, アルテミシア属) Artemisia (genus of a between 200 to 400 species of plants in the daisy family Asteraceae)[Add to Longdo]