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Noun wormwood has 1 sense
- wormwood(n = noun.plant) Array - any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium; Array is a member of aster family, asteraceae, compositae, family asteraceae, family compositae
has particulars: mugwort, artemisia abrotanum, southernwood, absinthe, artemisia absinthium, common wormwood, lad's love, old man, artemisia annua, sweet wormwood, artemisia campestris, field wormwood, artemisia frigida, prairie sagewort, wormwood sage, artemis pontica, roman wormwood, artemisia stelleriana, beach wormwood, dusty miller, old woman, artemisia maritima, sea wormwood, seriphidium maritimum
is a kind of subshrub, suffrutex
CIDE DICTIONARY
wormwood, n. [AS. wermd, akin to OHG. wermuota, wormuota, G. wermuth, wermut; of uncertain origin.].
- A composite plant (
Artemisia Absinthium ), having a bitter and slightly aromatic taste, formerly used as a tonic and a vermifuge, and to protect woolen garments from moths. It gives the peculiar flavor to the cordial called absinthe. The volatile oil is a narcotic poison. The term is often extended to other species of the same genus. [1913 Webster] - Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness. [1913 Webster]"Lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood." [1913 Webster]
Roman wormwood (Bot.), an American weed (Ambrosia artemisiæfolia ); hogweed. -- Tree wormwood (Bot.), a species of Artemisia (probably Artemisia variabilis ) with woody stems. -- Wormwood hare (Zoöl.), a variety of the common hare (Lepus timidus ); -- so named from its color.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
wormwood, n.
1 any woody shrub of the genus Artemisia, with a bitter aromatic taste, used in the preparation of vermouth and absinthe and in medicine.
2 bitter mortification or a source of this.
1 any woody shrub of the genus Artemisia, with a bitter aromatic taste, used in the preparation of vermouth and absinthe and in medicine.
2 bitter mortification or a source of this.
Etymology
ME, alt. f. obs. wormod f. OE wormod, wermod, after worm, wood: cf. VERMOUTH
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Bitterness
N bitterness, acridness, acridity, acrimony, caustic, alkali, acerbity, gall, wormwood, bitters, astringent bitters, Angostura, aromatic bitters, sourness, pungency, alkaloids, turmeric, bitter, bitterish, acrid, acerb, acerbic, bitter as gall, bitter pill to take, sugar coating on a bitter pill.
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