| wormwood | 1. <botany> 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. <botany> 18) Roman wormwood, a variety of the common hare (Lepus timidus); so named from its colour. Origin: AS. Wermd, akin to OHG. Wermuota, wormuota, G. Wermuth, wermut; of uncertain origin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| sea wormwood | <botany> A European species of wormwood (Artemisia maritima) growing by the sea. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| oil of wormwood | Volatile oil from leaves and tops of Artemisia absinthium (family Compositae). Thujol alcohol and acetate; thujone (a powerful convulsant), phellandrene, cadinene; also a blue oil. Used in flavoring of vermouth; formerly in absinthe. (05 Mar 2000) |
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any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium
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a strong-smelling plant with white or yellow flowers used in the Middle Ages as an aid to healthful digestion; the expression "as bitter as wormwood" attests to the extreme bitterness of all parts of the plant.
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In Revelations 8:10/11 of the Holy Bible, WORMWOOD is defined as a "great star" that fell from heaven and made the earth's waters bitter as it burnt the land. Perhaps the word "WORMWOOD" identifies the leftover worm-ridden wooden artifacts from the antediluvian era of Atlantis. ...
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1. A plant producing a bitter oil used to make absinthe. 2 The main herb used to flavor Vermouth.
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| wormwood | any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium |
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| wormwood | a dark bitter oil obtained obtained from wormwood leaves |
| wormwood | silky-leaved aromatic perennial of dry northern parts of the northern hemisphere |
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