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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
  Wormwood  \Worm"wood\,  n.  [AS.  werm?d,  akin  to  OHG.  wermuota 
  wormuota  G.  wermuth,  wermut  of  uncertain  origin.] 
  1.  (Bot.)  A  composite  plant  ({Artemisia  Absinthium}),  having 
  a  bitter  and  slightly  aromatic  taste,  formerly  used  as  a 
  tonic  and  a  vermifuge,  and  to  protect  woolen  garments  from 
  moths.  It  gives  the  peculiar  flavor  to  the  cordial  called 
  absinthe.  The  volatile  oil  is  a  narcotic  poison.  The  term 
  is  often  extended  to  other  species  of  the  same  genus. 
  2.  Anything  very  bitter  or  grievous;  bitterness. 
  Lest  there  should  be  among  you  a  root  that  beareth 
  gall  and  wormwood.  --Deut.  xxix. 
  {Roman  wormwood}  (Bot.),  an  American  weed  ({Ambrosia 
  artemisi[ae]folia});  hogweed. 
  {Tree  wormwood}  (Bot.),  a  species  of  Artemisia  (probably 
  {Artemisia  variabilis})  with  woody  stems. 
  {Wormwood  hare}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  variety  of  the  common  hare 
  ({Lepus  timidus});  --  so  named  from  its  color. 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
  n  :  any  of  several  low  composite  herbs  of  the  genera  Artemisia 
  or  Seriphidium 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
  turn  wormwood. 
  The  name  by  which  the  Greeks  designated  it  absinthion,  means 
  "undrinkable."  The  absinthe  of  France  is  distilled  from  a 
  species  of  this  plant.  The  southernwood"  or  "old  man," 
  cultivated  in  cottage  gardens  on  account  of  its  fragrance,  is 
  another  species  of  it 

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