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Definition of: wormwood
(wûrm′w
d′) noun
1. Any of a genus (Artemisia) of European herbs or small shrubs related to the sagebrush, especially a common species (A. absinthium), aromatic, tonic, bitter, and used in making absinthe.
2. That which embitters or makes bitter; bitterness. [Alter. of obs. wermod <OE; infl. in form by worm and wood1]
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