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noun. Any of several aromatic plants of the genus Artemisia.

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noun. Something harsh or embittering.

noun. A. somewhat woody perennial herb, Artemisia Absinthium, native in Europe and Asiatic Russia, found in old gardens and by roadsides in North America.

noun. Figuratively

noun. Bitterness.

noun. By transference of the name, the common ragweed, Ambrosia artemisiæfolia, a bitter plant with foliage dissected somewhat like that of an artemisia.

noun. 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.

noun. Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness.

noun. an American weed (Ambrosia artemisiæfolia); hogweed.

noun. a species of Artemisia (probably Artemisia variabilis) with woody stems.

noun. a variety of the common hare (Lepus timidus); -- so named from its color.

noun. An intensely bitter herb (various plants in genus Artemisia) used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.

noun. Anything that causes bitterness or affliction.

noun. any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium

"[ "Make wormwood wine thus: take _aqua vitæ_ and malmsey, of each like much, put it in a glasse or bottell with _a few leaves of dried wormwood_, and let it stand certain days,] and strein out a little spoonfull, and drink it with a draught of ale or wine: [it may be long preserved.]" ["

biennial wormwood  oil of wormwood  roman wormwood  salt of wormwood  sea wormwood  

common wormwood  

subshrub  suffrutex  

absinthe  artemis pontica  artemisia abrotanum  artemisia absinthium  artemisia annua  

allspice  aloes  anise  basil  calamint  

Artemisia pontica  absinthe  artemisia  bitterness  grande wormwood