Southernwood

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An aromatic shrub, Artemisia abrotanum, related to wormwood. countable, uncountable

    "To use a strong decoction of the vegetable bitters as a substitute for alcohol—such, for example as wormwood, chamomile, horehound, southernwood and tanzy."

  2. 2
    shrubby European wormwood naturalized in North America; sometimes used in brewing beer wordnet

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appleringieappleringyartemisia abrotanumboy's lovelad's lovelad's love

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"To use a strong decoction of the vegetable bitters as a substitute for alcohol—such, for example as wormwood, chamomile, horehound, southernwood and tanzy."

Etymology

From Old English sūþernewudu, equivalent to southern + wood.

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artemisia abrotanum

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