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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024worm•wood (wûrm′wŏŏd′),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyany composite herb or low shrub of the genus Artemisia.
- Plant Biologya bitter, aromatic plant, A. absinthium, of the Old World, used as a vermifuge and a tonic, and as an ingredient in absinthe.
- something bitter, grievous, or extremely unpleasant.
- 1350–1400; late Middle English wormwode (see worm, wood1); replacing Middle English wermode, Old English wermōd; cognate with German Wermut; see vermouth
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: wormwood /ˈwɜːmˌwʊd/ n
Also called: absinthe any of various plants of the chiefly N temperate genus Artemisia, esp A. absinthium, a European plant yielding a bitter extract used in making absinthe: family Asteraceae (composites)- something that embitters, such as a painful experience
Etymology: 15th Century: changed (through influence of worm and wood1) from Old English wormōd, wermōd; related to Old High German werrnuata, German Wermut; see vermouth |