Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A European species of Artemisia, A. Abrotanum, frequent in cultivation under the name of southernwood.
Etymologies
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From Medieval Latin, from Latin abrotonum, from Ancient Greek ἀβρότονον (abrotonon, "wormwood, southernwood").
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