Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Wormwood. See
absinthium . - noun Absinthe (which see).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The plant absinthium or common wormwood.
- noun A strong spirituous liqueur made from wormwood and brandy or alcohol.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
absinthe .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise
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Examples
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The root of the fennel we eat comes from a plant that looks similar but is Foeniculum vulgare used for the root and to make various anis drinks like absinth, ouzo arak, pernod, pastis etc so popular in Souther Europe, Greece, Turkey etc..
Eneldo 2009
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“To tell all his fellow sharks at the bar, over a cold pint of absinth,” Jenkis said.
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The root of the fennel we eat comes from a plant that looks similar but is Foeniculum vulgare used for the root and to make various anis drinks like absinth, ouzo arak, pernod, pastis etc so popular in Souther Europe, Greece, Turkey etc..
Eneldo 2009
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The root of the fennel we eat comes from a plant that looks similar but is Foeniculum vulgare used for the root and to make various anis drinks like absinth, ouzo arak, pernod, pastis etc so popular in Souther Europe, Greece, Turkey etc..
Eneldo 2009
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The root of the fennel we eat comes from a plant that looks similar but is Foeniculum vulgare used for the root and to make various anis drinks like absinth, ouzo arak, pernod, pastis etc so popular in Souther Europe, Greece, Turkey etc..
Eneldo 2009
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The root of the fennel we eat comes from a plant that looks similar but is Foeniculum vulgare used for the root and to make various anis drinks like absinth, ouzo arak, pernod, pastis etc so popular in Souther Europe, Greece, Turkey etc..
Eneldo 2009
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Up until now, “Why would anyone want to own all three films in the Matrix trilogy?” has been one of those unanswerable questions like “what happens to you after you die?” best puzzled over by absinth-sotted philosophers.
Matrix Trilogy comes in neat toy Nebuchadnezzar | My[confined]Space 2009
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The root of the fennel we eat comes from a plant that looks similar but is Foeniculum vulgare used for the root and to make various anis drinks like absinth, ouzo arak, pernod, pastis etc so popular in Souther Europe, Greece, Turkey etc..
Eneldo 2009
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June 6, 2008 at 4:29 pm absinthe maks fur tastee bluebrey an absinth sorbet, thet ai hed las haloween.
NOM DE PLUME - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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I sent my husband to work today wearing Fou d'Absinth, so the absinth and bitter notes mentioned in 23 have me very interested.
New from Parfumerie Generale: Felanilla and Drama Nuui Marina Geigert 2008
hernesheir commented on the word absinth
1906 US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code, shorthand for "expect you to accomodate".
January 19, 2013