ALL meanings of wormwood
worm·wood
W w - noun wormwood A woody shrub with a bitter aromatic taste, used, especially formerly, as an ingredient of vermouth and absinthe and in medicine. 1
- noun wormwood aromatic shrubby plant 1
- noun wormwood extract: used in alcoholic drinks 1
- noun wormwood any composite herb or low shrub of the genus Artemisia. 1
- noun wormwood a bitter, aromatic plant, A. absinthium, of the Old World, used as a vermifuge and a tonic, and as an ingredient in absinthe. 1
- noun wormwood something bitter, grievous, or extremely unpleasant. 1
- noun wormwood (botany) An intensely bitter herb (Artemisia absinthium and similar plants in genus Artemisia) used in medicine, in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic. 0
- noun wormwood Anything that causes bitterness or affliction. 0
- uncountable noun wormwood Wormwood is a plant that has a very bitter taste and is used in making medicines and alcoholic drinks. 0
- noun wormwood any of various plants of the chiefly N temperate genus Artemisia, esp A. absinthium, a European plant yielding a bitter extract used in making absinthe: family Asteraceae (composites) 0
- noun wormwood something that embitters, such as a painful experience 0
- noun wormwood any of a number of strong-smelling plants (genus Artemisia) of the composite family, with white or yellow flowers; esp., a Eurasian perennial (A. absinthium) that yields a bitter, dark-green oil (wormwood oil) formerly used in making absinthe 0
- noun wormwood a bitter, unpleasant, or mortifying experience 0