silvery wormwood sil·ve·ry·wormwood uncommon noun 1. silver-haired shrub of central and southern United States and Mexico; a troublesome weed on rangelands Synonymssand sagesilvery wormwoodArtemisia filifolia Related words Broader terms sagebrush Parts genus Artemisia WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.