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What is the difference between herb and absinthe?

herb | absinthe |

As nouns the difference between herb and absinthe

is that herb is any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavor or season food while absinthe is the herb absinthium (taxlink), (grande wormwood); essence of wormwood .

herb

English

(wikipedia herb)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavor or season food.
  • Plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine.
  • (slang, euphemistic) Marijuana.
  • (botany) A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season
  • (obsolete) Grass; herbage.
  • * Milton
    • flocks grazing the tender herb

    Synonyms

    * (marijuana) grass, weed

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * arbor * herbaceous * herbage * herbal * herbarium * herbicidal * herbicide * herbivore * herbivorous * herbed up

    Anagrams

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    absinthe

    English

    (wikipedia absinthe)

    Alternative forms

    * absinth

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The herb absinthium Artemisia absinthium , (grande wormwood); essence of wormwood.
  • (figurative) Bitterness; sorrow.
  • (alcohol) A distilled, highly alcoholic, anise-flavored liquor originally made from grande wormwood, anise, and other herbs.
  • A moderate yellow green; absinthe green.
  • (US) Sagebrush

    • Usage notes

    * (wormwood) Absinth is the preferred spelling of this sense only.

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