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What is the difference between wormwood and absinthium?

wormwood | absinthium |

As nouns the difference between wormwood and absinthium

is that 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 while absinthium is {{context|nowadays|rare|botany|lang=en}} the common wormwood ((taxlink)), an intensely bitter herb used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic {{defdate|first attested around 1150 to 1350}}{{reference-book | last =| first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | editor =brown, lesley | others = | title = the shorter oxford english dictionary | origdate = | origyear = 1933| origmonth = | url = | format = | accessdate = | accessyear = | accessmonth = | edition = 5th | date = | year =2003| month = | publisher =oxford university press | location =oxford, uk | language = | id = | doi = | isbn =978-0-19-860575-7 | lccn = | ol = | pages =9| chapter = | chapterurl = | quote =}}.

wormwood

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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) .
  • 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! /
  • Anything that causes bitterness or affliction.
  • Synonyms

    * (botany) artemisia, grande wormwood, mugwort, absinthe, Artemisia pontica (obsolete)

    Derived terms

    * common wormwood * tree wormwood * wormwood hare

    Anagrams

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    absinthium

    English

    Noun

    (absinthium)
  • (now, rare) The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium ), an intensely bitter herb used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.
  • The dried leaves and flowering tops of the wormwood plant; absinthe oil.
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