Wormwood vs Ragweed - What's the difference?
wormwood | ragweed |
(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.
A plant of the genus Ambrosia . These weeds are particularly noted for producing pollen which people with hay fever are allergic to.
As nouns the difference between wormwood and ragweed
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 ragweed is a plant of the genus Ambrosia. These weeds are particularly noted for producing pollen which people with hay fever are allergic to.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! /