wormwood
An intensely bitter herb used in medicine, in the production of absinthe and vermouth,…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.
» Absinthe is made from wormwood.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Wermut
полы́ньpolýnʹ, чернобы́льčernobýlʹ
поли́нpolýn, чорнобильčornobylʹ
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Something that causes bitterness or affliction; a cause of mortification or vexation.
Wermutstropfen
го́речьgórečʹ, жёлчьžolčʹ, желчьželčʹ
- any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium
Examples
1 sentencesAbsinthe is made from wormwood.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English wormwode, a folk etymology (as if worm + wood) of wermode (“wormwood”)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.
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Forms
plural: wormwoodsSynonyms
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