Meaning Of The Word Wormwood

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wormwood
uncountable noun: Wormwood is a plant that has a very bitter taste and is used in making medicines and alcoholic drinks.

wormwood in American English
any of a number of strong-smelling plants (genus Artemisia) of the composite family, with white or yellow flowers; esp., a Eurasian perennial (A. absinthium) that yields a bitter, dark-green oil (wormwood oil) formerly used in making absinthe
noun: any composite herb or low shrub of the genus Artemisia

wormwood in British English
noun: 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)

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