Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The common wormwood, Artemisia Absinthium, a European species, much cultivated for its bitter qualities.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) The common wormwood (
Artemisia absinthium ), an intensely bitter plant, used as a tonic and for making the oil of wormwood.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Absinthe is made by macerating herbs and spices, including anise and fennel, with the grand wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) that gives the drink its name.
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US Customs and Border Protection is responsible for checking all shipments from overseas, and the agency's take on the Green Fairy seems pretty cut-and-dried: "The importation of absinthe and any other liquors or liqueurs that contain Artemisia absinthium is prohibited."
Mr. Know-It-All: Emailing China, Ordering Absinthe, Informing Your Kids 2007
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Now an environmental chemist from New Orleans named Ted Breaux claims to have re-created the original exactly, using a couple of hundred-year-old bottles of original Pernod absinthe to distill the recipe: a half-dozen-odd botanicals, including Spanish green anise, Alpine hyssop and absinthium.
Real Absinthe 2007
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The Katzer pages and this botanical log confirm the similar Russian names: mugwort is Чернобыльник ( "Chernobylnik") or botanically Полынь Обыкновенная (Common Polyn);, and according to the southernwood page, wormwood aka Artemisia absinthium is Полынь горькая ( "Bitter Polyn" again).
Archive 2004-05-01 Ray Girvan 2004
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The Katzer pages and this botanical log confirm the similar Russian names: mugwort is Чернобыльник ( "Chernobylnik") or botanically Полынь Обыкновенная (Common Polyn);, and according to the southernwood page, wormwood aka Artemisia absinthium is Полынь горькая ( "Bitter Polyn" again).
A star called Mugwort Ray Girvan 2004
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In Europe, however, this isn't the case; "wormwood" is used only for the absinth-producing species, Artemisia absinthium.
Archive 2004-05-01 Ray Girvan 2004
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In Europe, however, this isn't the case; "wormwood" is used only for the absinth-producing species, Artemisia absinthium.
A star called Mugwort Ray Girvan 2004
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The most notorious herbal alcohol is absinthe, a green-tinged, anise-flavored liqueur whose main ingredient is parts of the wormwood plant, Artemisia absinthium.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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The most notorious herbal alcohol is absinthe, a green-tinged, anise-flavored liqueur whose main ingredient is parts of the wormwood plant, Artemisia absinthium.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Die isolierung von weiteren kristallinin Substanzen aus Wermut (Artemisia absinthium L.).
Chapter 5 1953
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