south·ern·wood (s    rn-w d )n. An aromatic southern European shrubby woody plant (Artemisia abrotanum) having finely divided grayish foliage and globose, nodding, creamy-white flower heads. Also called old man. |
southernwood [ˈsʌðənˌwʊd]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) an aromatic shrubby wormwood, Artemisia abrotanum, of S Europe, having finely dissected leaves and small drooping heads of yellowish flowers Also called old man lad's love
[Old English. See southern, wood]
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| Noun | 1. |  southernwood - shrubby European wormwood naturalized in North America; sometimes used in brewing beergenus Artemisia - usually aromatic shrubs or herbs of north temperate regions and South Africa and western South America: wormwood; sagebrush; mugwort; tarragon wormwood - any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium |
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