Wormwood vs Absinthe - What's the difference?
wormwood | absinthe |
(botany) An intensely bitter herb (Artemisia absinthium'' and similar plants in genus ''Artemisia ) used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.
* (rfdate), William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet'', Act I, Scene iii ''(the nurse's monologue) .
Anything that causes bitterness or affliction.
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(alcohol) A distilled, highly alcoholic, anise-flavored liquor originally made from grande wormwood, anise, and other herbs.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
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Absinthe is a synonym of wormwood.
As nouns the difference between wormwood and absinthe
is that wormwood is an intensely bitter herb (Artemisia absinthium and similar plants in genus Artemisia) used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic while absinthe is the herb absinthium Artemisia absinthium, (grande wormwood); essence of wormwood.wormwood
English
(wikipedia wormwood)Noun
(en noun)- 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! /