Wormwood (G. P.Taylor)
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noun


(1)   Any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium
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Noun



  1. An intensely bitter herb (Artemisia absinthium) used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.
    • William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene iii (the nurse's monologue).
      But as I said, / When it did taste the wormwood on the nipple / Of my dug and felt it bitter, pretty fool, / To see it tetchy and fall out with the dug! /
  2. Anything that causes bitterness or affliction.
 
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