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Southernwood

Southernwood \South"ern*wood`\, n. (Bot.) A shrubby species of wormwood ( Artemisia Abrotanum) having aromatic foliage. It is sometimes used in making beer.

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southernwood

n. An aromatic shrub, (taxlink Artemisia abrotanum species noshow=1), related to wormwood.

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southernwood

n. shrubby European wormwood naturalized in North America; sometimes used in brewing beer [syn: Artemisia abrotanum]

Usage examples of "southernwood".

I keep in health by eating plentifully of herbs sage, rue, tansy, marjoram, southernwood, lemon-balm, mint, fennel and parsley.

Todd was an ardent lover of herbs, both wild and tame, and the sea-breezes blew into the low end-window of the house laden with not only sweet-brier and sweetmary, but balm and sage and borage and mint, wormwood and southernwood.

Again in the case of all things which exhale from their body a pungent smell, all-heal, nauseous wormwood, strong-scented southernwood and the bitter centauries, any one of which, if you happen to [feel it] lightly between two [fingers, will impregnate them with a strong smell] * * but rather you are to know that idols of things wander about many in number in many ways, of no force, powerless to excite sense.