Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter plant, used as a tonic and for making the oil of wormwood.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The common wormwood, Artemisia Absinthium, a European species, much cultivated for its bitter qualities.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Absinthe is made by macerating herbs and spices, including anise and fennel, with the grand wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) that gives the drink its name.
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US Customs and Border Protection is responsible for checking all shipments from overseas, and the agency's take on the Green Fairy seems pretty cut-and-dried: "The importation of absinthe and any other liquors or liqueurs that contain Artemisia absinthium is prohibited."
Mr. Know-It-All: Emailing China, Ordering Absinthe, Informing Your Kids
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Now an environmental chemist from New Orleans named Ted Breaux claims to have re-created the original exactly, using a couple of hundred-year-old bottles of original Pernod absinthe to distill the recipe: a half-dozen-odd botanicals, including Spanish green anise, Alpine hyssop and absinthium.
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The Katzer pages and this botanical log confirm the similar Russian names: mugwort is Чернобыльник ( "Chernobylnik") or botanically Полынь Обыкновенная (Common Polyn);, and according to the southernwood page, wormwood aka Artemisia absinthium is Полынь горькая ( "Bitter Polyn" again).
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In Europe, however, this isn't the case; "wormwood" is used only for the absinth-producing species, Artemisia absinthium.
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The most notorious herbal alcohol is absinthe, a green-tinged, anise-flavored liqueur whose main ingredient is parts of the wormwood plant, Artemisia absinthium.
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Die isolierung von weiteren kristallinin Substanzen aus Wermut (Artemisia absinthium L.).
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GREGER, H. and HOFER, O. (1980) New tetrahydrofurofuran lignans from Artemisia absinthium.
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The common Wormwood (_Artemisia absinthium_) has been partly considered here together with Mugwort, to which it is closely allied.
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The true Wormwood (_Artemisia absinthium_) is used for preparing absinthe, a seductive liqueur, which, when taken to excess, induces epileptic attacks.
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