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wormwood
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worm·wood  (wûrmwd)
n.
1. Any of several aromatic plants of the genus Artemisia, especially A. absinthium, native to Europe, yielding a bitter extract used in making absinthe and in flavoring certain wines.
2. Something harsh or embittering.

[Middle English wormwode, alteration (influenced by worm, worm, and wode, wood, perhaps from the use of its leaves as a vermifuge) of wermod, from Old English wermd, from Germanic *wermdaz.]

wormwood [ˈwɜːmˌwʊd]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called absinthe any of various plants of the chiefly N temperate genus Artemisia, esp A. absinthium, a European plant yielding a bitter extract used in making absinthe: family Asteraceae (composites)
2. something that embitters, such as a painful experience
[changed (through influence of worm and wood1) from Old English wormōd, wermōd; related to Old High German werrnuata, German Wermut; see vermouth]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.wormwood - any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium
aster family, Asteraceae, Compositae, family Asteraceae, family Compositae - plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia
mugwort - any of several weedy composite plants of the genus Artemisia
Artemisia abrotanum, southernwood - shrubby European wormwood naturalized in North America; sometimes used in brewing beer
absinthe, Artemisia absinthium, common wormwood, lad's love, old man - aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe
Artemisia annua, sweet wormwood - wormwood of southeastern Europe to Iran
Artemisia campestris, field wormwood - European wormwood similar to common wormwood in its properties
Artemisia frigida, prairie sagewort, wormwood sage - silky-leaved aromatic perennial of dry northern parts of the northern hemisphere; has tawny florets
Artemis pontica, Roman wormwood - European wormwood; minor source of absinthe
Artemisia stelleriana, beach wormwood, old woman, dusty miller - herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant
Artemisia maritima, sea wormwood, Seriphidium maritimum - plants of western and northern European coasts
subshrub, suffrutex - low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
Translations
wormwood [ˈwɜːmwʊd] N
1.ajenjo m
2. (fig) → hiel f, amargura f
wormwood
nWermut m; (fig)Wermutstropfen m
wormwood [ˈwɜːmˌwʊd] n (Bot) → assenzio
wormwood [ˈwɜːmˌwʊd] n (Bot) → assenzio


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