wormseed

Japanese: wormseed
wormseed

...It flowers in late summer. The buds just before blooming are called wormseeds (English names: wormseed, levant wormseed). Dried wormseed contains about 2% santonin and is used as an anti-worm drug.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "wormseed" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…花期は晩夏。開花直前のつぼみをシナ花(英名wormseed,levant wormseed)という。乾燥したものではサントニンsantoninを2%ほど含み,回虫駆除薬とする。…

※「wormseed」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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