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wormwood

worm·wood

UK/ˈwəːm.wɵd/ US/ˈwɜːm.wʊd/ uncommon

noun

1.

any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium

Origin

From Middle English wormwode, a folk etymology (as if worm + wood) of wermode (“wormwood”), from Old English wermōd (“wormwood, absinthe”), from Proto-West Germanic *warjamōdā (“wormwood”). Cognate with Middle Low German wermode, wermede (“wormwood”), German Wermut (“wormwood”). Doublet of vermouth.

Phrases

  • African wormwood
  • annual wormwood
  • common wormwood
  • gall and wormwood
  • Roman wormwood
  • Russian wormwood
  • salt of wormwood
  • sea wormwood

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