[ san'tɒnɪkə ]
■ noun the dried flower heads of a wormwood plant, containing santonin.
Origin
C17: from L. Santonica (herba) '(plant) of the Santoni', referring to a tribe of Aquitania (now Aquitaine) in France.
[ san'tɒnɪkə ]
■ noun the dried flower heads of a wormwood plant, containing santonin.
Origin
C17: from L. Santonica (herba) '(plant) of the Santoni', referring to a tribe of Aquitania (now Aquitaine) in France.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004