Meaning Of The Word Wormwood
What's the definition of Wormwood? Find Wormwood meanings, definitions and more at the Real Dictionary online.
Wormwood Meaning
| Wormwood Definition |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Wormwood?
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) |
More Definitions
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Definitions Of The Day
- Backstairs ‐ involving intrigue or scandal; secret; adjective:…
- Man-made fabric ‐ noun: a type of fabric that is made artificially…
- Obsessionist ‐ adjective: motivated by a persistent overriding…
- Tent ‐ a plug of gauze, lint, etc. placed into an opening…
- KWIC ‐ adjective: of or designating an alphabetical concordance…
- Ballantyne ‐ noun: R(obert) M(ichael). 1825–94, British author…
- Stomatopod ‐ any of an order (Stomatopoda) of crustaceans having…
- Lycopolis ‐ noun: the Ancient Greek name…
- Hyperacuity ‐ noun: an extreme acuteness (of…
- Ionian Sea ‐ section of the Mediterranean, between Greece…