What's the difference between epazote and wormseed?

Epazote


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Black beans makes 600g cooked black beans cooking time 2-3 hours 250g dried black beans 4 cloves garlic, bashed with a rolling pin a few sprigs of thyme a few bay leaves fresh epazote or quarter of a tsp anise seeds (optional) 1 onion, cut into quarters 1 tbsp sea salt Rinse the beans well in cold water and drain, picking out any loose pebbles.
  • (2) Infusions and decoctions of the leaves, roots and inflorescences of the herbaceous shrub Chenopodium ambrosioides (American wormseed, goosefoot, epazote, paico) and related species indigenous to the New World have been used for centuries as dietary condiments and as traditional anthelmintics by native peoples for the treatment of intestinal worms.

Wormseed


Definition:

  • (n.) Any one of several plants, as Artemisia santonica, and Chenopodium anthelminticum, whose seeds have the property of expelling worms from the stomach and intestines.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Ascaridole is a terpene isolated from the plant Chenopodium ambrosioides (American wormseed); it is one of the few naturally occurring endoperoxidases.
  • (2) Infusions and decoctions of the leaves, roots and inflorescences of the herbaceous shrub Chenopodium ambrosioides (American wormseed, goosefoot, epazote, paico) and related species indigenous to the New World have been used for centuries as dietary condiments and as traditional anthelmintics by native peoples for the treatment of intestinal worms.
  • (3) ), inmortal (Asclepias capricornu Woodson), wormseed (Chenopodium ambrosioides L.), poleo chino (Hedeoma oblongifolia), rue (Ruta graveolens L.), and 3 species of Aremesia.
  • (4) ), inmortal ((Asclepias capricornu Woodson), poleo chino (Hedeoma oblongifolia (Gray) Heller), rue Ruta graveolens L.), wormseed (Chenopodium ambrosioides L.), and three species of Artemesia seem to be used most widely.

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