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Absinth

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Wormwood. See absinthium.
  • noun. Absinthe (which see).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The plant absinthium or common wormwood.
  • noun. A strong spirituous liqueur made from wormwood and brandy or alcohol.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Alternative form of absinthe.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise
  • Word Usage
    "The root of the fennel we eat comes from a plant that looks similar but is Foeniculum vulgare used for the root and to make various anis drinks like absinth, ouzo arak, pernod, pastis etc so popular in Souther Europe, Greece, Turkey etc.."
    Equivalent
    absinthe  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cordial  liqueur