wormwood : Idioms & Phrases

• noun herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant
  old woman; dusty miller; Artemisia stelleriana.
  

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• noun aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe
  old man; Artemisia absinthium; lad's love; absinthe.
  

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• noun European wormwood similar to common wormwood in its properties
  Artemisia campestris.
  

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• noun European wormwood; minor source of absinthe
  Artemis pontica.
  
• noun glaucous herb of northeastern United States and Canada having loose racemes of yellow-tipped pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Fumaria
  Fumaria sempervirens; Corydalis sempervirens; rock harlequin.
  

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• (Bot.), an American weed (Ambrosia artemisiæfolia); hogweed.

Webster 1913

• noun plants of western and northern European coasts
  Seriphidium maritimum; Artemisia maritima.
  

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Sea" worm"wood`

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1. (Bot.) A European species of wormwood (Artemisia maritima) growing by the sea.

Webster 1913

• noun silver-haired shrub of central and southern United States and Mexico; a troublesome weed on rangelands
  sand sage; Artemisia filifolia.
  

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• noun wormwood of southeastern Europe to Iran
  Artemisia annua.
  

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• (Bot.), a species of Artemisia (probably Artemisia variabilis) with woody stems.

Webster 1913

• (Zoöl.), a variety of the common hare (Lepus timidus); so named from its color.

Webster 1913

• noun a dark bitter oil obtained from wormwood leaves; flavors absinthe liqueurs
  absinthe oil.
  

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• noun silky-leaved aromatic perennial of dry northern parts of the northern hemisphere; has tawny florets
  Artemisia frigida; prairie sagewort.
  

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