Wormwood is a plant used in absinthe and medicine, or metaphorically, something that brings bitterness or grief.
Wormwood is a plant used in absinthe and medicine, or metaphorically, something that brings bitterness or grief.
| Front | wormwood \WUHRM-wood\ |
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| Back | noun 1. A plant of the genus Artemisia, used in making absinthe and medicines. 2. Something that brings bitterness or grief. [From alteration of wermod, of obscure origin. Earliest documented use: 1400.] "It is gall and wormwood for a leader already politically crippled by Britain's commitment in Iraq to find himself now also engaged in a confrontation with Iran." - Max Hastings; Iran, the Vicious Victim; The New York Times; Mar 30, 2007. |
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