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WORMWOOD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("wormwood" is a kind of...):
subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wormwood"):
mugwort (any of several weedy composite plants of the genus Artemisia)
Artemisia abrotanum; southernwood (shrubby European wormwood naturalized in North America; sometimes used in brewing beer)
absinthe; Artemisia absinthium; common wormwood; lad's love; old man (aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe)
Artemisia annua; sweet wormwood (wormwood of southeastern Europe to Iran)
Artemisia campestris; field wormwood (European wormwood similar to common wormwood in its properties)
Artemisia frigida; prairie sagewort; wormwood sage (silky-leaved aromatic perennial of dry northern parts of the northern hemisphere; has tawny florets)
Artemis pontica; Roman wormwood (European wormwood; minor source of absinthe)
Artemisia stelleriana; beach wormwood; dusty miller; old woman (herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant)
Artemisia maritima; sea wormwood; Seriphidium maritimum (plants of western and northern European coasts)
Holonyms ("wormwood" is a member of...):
aster family; Asteraceae; Compositae; family Asteraceae; family Compositae (plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia)
