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wormwood
n.
woody herbaceous plant which yields a bitter oil; something bitter
Wormwood
Wormwood may refer to:
Plants
Wormwood (plant), the common name for several plants, including:
- Various plants of the genus Artemisia, particularly:
wormwood
Noun
1. any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium
(hypernym) subshrub, suffrutex
(hyponym) mugwort
(member-holonym) Compositae, family Compositae, Asteraceae, family Asteraceae, aster family
Wormwood
(n.)
Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness.
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Wormwood
Four kinds of wormwood are found in Palestine- Artemisia nilotica, A. Judaica, A. fructicosa and A. cinerea . The word occurs frequently in the Bible, and generally in a metaphorical sense. In (Jeremiah 9:15; 23:15; Lamentations 3:15,19) wormwood is symbolical of bitter calamity and sorrow; unrighteous judges are said to "turn judgment to wormwood." (Amos 5:7) The Orientals typified sorrows, cruelties and calamities of any kind by plants of a poisonous or bitter nature.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) , by William Smith.
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