chenopodium

che·no·po·di·um

(kē'nō-pō'dē-ŭm),

The dried ripe fruit of Chenopodium ambrosoides (family Chenopodiaceae), American wormwood, from which a volatile oil is distilled and formerly used as an anthelmintic.

Synonym(s): Jesuits' tea, Mexican tea, wormseed (2)

[G. chēn, goose, + pous (pod-), foot]

Jesuits,

Catholic religious order founded by Saint Ignatius Loyola in 1540.

Jesuit tea - tea used by Indians for centuries; first cultivated by the Jesuits in their Paraguayan missions. Synonym(s): chenopodium