Usually means: Bitter plant, used in absinthe.
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  1. wormwood: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. wormwood: Merriam-Webster
  3. wormwood: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. wormwood: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. wormwood: Collins English Dictionary
  6. wormwood: Vocabulary.com
  7. Wormwood, wormwood: Wordnik
  8. Wormwood, wormwood: Wiktionary
  9. wormwood: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. wormwood: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. wormwood: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Wormwood, wormwood: Dictionary.com
  13. wormwood: Online Etymology Dictionary
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  15. Wormwood: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. wormwood: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. wormwood: Rhymezone
  18. Wormwood: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. wormwood: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. Wormwood: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  21. wormwood: FreeDictionary.org
  22. wormwood: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  23. wormwood: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. wormwood: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. Wormwood: World Wide Words
  26. wormwood: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  1. Wormwood: Health & Beauty Glossary
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  1. wormwood: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. wormwood: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Wormwood: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  5. wormwood: Medical dictionary
  6. Wormwood: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Wormwood: Bar-Nones Dictionary of Drinking
  2. wormwood: A Word A Day

Religion (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Wormwood: Easton Bible
  2. Wormwood: Catholic Encyclopedia
  3. Wormwood: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Wormwood: Botanical Name listing of Plants
  2. Wormwood: Dictionary of Horticultural Terms

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  1. wormwood: Urban Dictionary

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  1. Wormwood: Beauty & Health Glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  An intensely bitter herb (Artemisia absinthium and similar plants in genus Artemisia) used in medicine, in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.
noun:  (figurative) Something that causes bitterness or affliction; a cause of mortification or vexation.
noun:  (Christianity) A star or angel that appears in the Book of Revelation, turning waters bitter and poisonous.
noun:  A surname.

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