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n. Any of several aromatic plants of the genus Artemisia, especially A. absinthium, native to Europe, yielding a bitter extract used in making absinthe and in flavoring certain wines.

n. Something harsh or embittering.

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

n. Anything that causes bitterness or affliction.

n. 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.

n. Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness.

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

n. Figuratively

n. Bitterness.

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

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

"In Europe, however, this isn't the case; "wormwood" is used only for the absinth-producing species, Artemisia absinthium."

suffrutex    subshrub   

sea wormwood    silver wormwood    tartarian wormwood    salt of wormwood    silvery wormwood    wild wormwood    biennial wormwood    wormwood wine    tree-wormwood    oil of wormwood   

seriphidium maritimum    artemisia abrotanum    artemisia frigida    sweet wormwood    artemisia annua    dusty miller    beach wormwood    artemisia campestris    artemisia stelleriana    mugwort   

common wormwood   

bitterness    grande wormwood    mugwort    Artemisia pontica    artemisia    absinthe   

marjoram    calamint    tansy    fennel    basil    oregano    tarragon    allspice    cress    chervil