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Artemisia variabilis

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. 18.

    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.