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/rˈoʊmən wˈərmwˌʊd/ Listen

noun

Wormwood n.

(Bot.) A composite plant (Artemisia Absinthium), having a bitter and slightly aromatic taste, formerly used as a tonic and a vermifuge, and to protect woolen garments from moths. It gives the peculiar flavor to the cordial called absinthe. The volatile oil is a narcotic poison. The term is often extended to other species of the same genus.

Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness. "Lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood."

Roman wormwood (Bot.), an American weed (Ambrosia artemisiaefolia); hogweed.

Tree wormwood (Bot.), a species of Artemisia (probably Artemisia variabilis) with woody stems.

Wormwood hare (Zool.), a variety of the common hare (Lepus timidus); so named from its color.

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"Roman wormwood" Quotes from Famous Books

... Take Roman wormwood two dozen, gentian-root six pounds; calamus aromatics (or the sweet flag root) two pounds; a pound or two of the galen gale-root; horse radish one bunch; orange peal dried, and juniper berries, each two pounds; ...

— The Practical Distiller • Samuel McHarry

... times." "Ah!" we growled, partly in response, and partly with an infernal twinge, "Poor soul!" she continued, with commiseration, like an anodyne, in the tones of her voice; "the best remedy I know for it is an embarkation of Roman wormwood and lobelia for the part infected, though some say a cranberry poultice is best; but I believe the cranberries is for erisipilis, and whether either of 'em is a rostrum for the gout or not, I really don't know. If it was a fraction of the arm, I could ...

— The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) • Various

... Santonica. ROMAN WORMWOOD. Seeds. E. D.—It is a native of the warmer countries, and at present difficultly procurable in this, though as hardy and as easily raised as any of the other sorts. Sea wormwood has long supplied its place in the markets, and been ...

— The Botanist's Companion, Vol. II • William Salisbury