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What (who) is wormwood - definition
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Wormwood (novel); Apsinthos; Wormwood (disambiguation); Wormwood (album); Wormwood (plant); Wormwood (book)
wormwood
Wormwood is a plant that has a very bitter taste and is used in making medicines and alcoholic drinks.
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Wormwood
·noun Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness.
II. Wormwood ·noun 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.
Examples of use of wormwood
1. Venues included Aylesbury College and a pub opposite Wormwood Scrubs.
2. Artemisinin is an extract of the plant known as wormwood.
3. The backpack containing the bomb had been found near Little Wormwood Scrubs park in northwest London.
4. A fifth bomb was found on Saturday in bushes at Little Wormwood Scrubs, west London.
5. In the special, they battle against Ms Wormwood, played by Samantha Bond.