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Wormwood
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What's The Definition Of Wormwood?
[n] any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium
Synonyms | Synonyms for Wormwood: Related Terms | Find terms related to Wormwood: See Also | absinthe | Artemis pontica | Artemisia abrotanum | Artemisia absinthium | Artemisia annua | Artemisia campestris | Artemisia frigida | Artemisia maritima | Artemisia stelleriana | aster family | Asteraceae | beach wormwood | common wormwood | Compositae | dusty miller | family Asteraceae | family Compositae | field wormwood | lad's love | mugwort | old man | old woman | prairie sagewort | Roman wormwood | sea wormwood | Seriphidium maritimum | southernwood | subshrub | suffrutex | sweet wormwood | wormwood sage Wormwood In Webster's Dictionary \Worm"wood\, n. [AS. werm?d, akin to OHG. wermuota,
wormuota, G. wermuth, wermut; of uncertain origin.]
1. (Bot.) 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.
2. Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness.
Lest there should be among you a root that beareth
gall and wormwood. --Deut. xxix.
18.
{Roman wormwood} (Bot.), an American weed ({Ambrosia
artemisi[ae]folia}); hogweed.
{Tree wormwood} (Bot.), a species of Artemisia (probably
{Artemisia variabilis}) with woody stems.
{Wormwood hare} (Zo["o]l.), a variety of the common hare
({Lepus timidus}); -- so named from its color.
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