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wormseed mustard

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wormseed \Worm"seed`\, n. (Bot.)
   Any one of several plants, as {Artemisia santonica}, and
   {Chenopodium anthelminticum}, whose seeds have the property
   of expelling worms from the stomach and intestines.

   {Wormseed mustard}, a slender, cruciferous plant ({Erysinum
      cheiranthoides}) having small lanceolate leaves.

Source : WordNet®

wormseed mustard
     n : slender yellow-flowered European mustard often troublesome
         as a weed; formerly used as an anthelmintic [syn: {Erysimum
         cheiranthoides}]
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