What is the difference between wormwood and absinthian?
wormwood | absinthian |
(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.
As a noun wormwood
is {{context|botany|lang=en}} an intensely bitter herb (various plants in genus artemisia ) used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.As a adjective absinthian is
of the nature 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! /