To use a strong decoction of the vegetable bitters as a substitute for alcohol—such, for example as wormwood, chamomile, horehound, southernwood and tanzy.
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Southernwood
Synonyms for "southernwood" (11 found)
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Noun(3 words)
Strong matches (3)
Noun(2 words)
Related words (5)
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34 translations across 22 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀβρότονον noun (Artemisia abrotanum)
Bulgarian
2 entries- божо дръвче noun (Artemisia abrotanum)
- катринка noun (Artemisia abrotanum)
Catalan
2 entries- abròtan noun (Artemisia abrotanum)
- broida noun (Artemisia abrotanum)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 青蒿 noun (Artemisia abrotanum)
Dutch
2 entries- averuit noun (Artemisia abrotanum)
- citroenkruid noun (Artemisia abrotanum)
Finnish
1 entries- aaprottimaruna noun (Artemisia abrotanum)
Galician
2 entries- abrótano noun (Artemisia abrotanum)
- abrótano macho noun (Artemisia abrotanum)
German
1 entries- Eberraute noun (Artemisia abrotanum)
Italian
1 entries- abrotano noun (Artemisia abrotanum)
Japanese
4 entries- サザンウッド noun (Artemisia abrotanum)
- 木立蓬 noun (Artemisia abrotanum)
- 翁蓬 noun (Artemisia abrotanum)
- 西洋河原人参 noun (Artemisia abrotanum)
Latin
1 entries- abrotonum noun (Artemisia abrotanum)
Lithuanian
1 entries- diẽmedis noun (Artemisia abrotanum)
Middle Armenian
1 entries- բարձուենեկ noun (Artemisia abrotanum)
Norman
1 entries- garde-robe noun (Artemisia abrotanum)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- abrodd noun (Artemisia abrotanum)
- abrot noun (Artemisia abrotanum)
Old English
1 entries- sūþernewudu noun (Artemisia abrotanum)
Polish
2 entries- boże drzewko noun (Artemisia abrotanum)
- bylica boże drzewko noun (Artemisia abrotanum)
Portuguese
1 entries- abrótano-macho noun (Artemisia abrotanum)
Romanian
1 entries- lemnul-Domnului noun (Artemisia abrotanum)
Russian
4 entries- бо́жье де́рево noun (Artemisia abrotanum)
- полы́нь высо́кая noun (Artemisia abrotanum)
- полы́нь лече́бная noun (Artemisia abrotanum)
- полы́нь лимо́нная noun (Artemisia abrotanum)
Spanish
1 entries- abrótano noun (Artemisia abrotanum)
Swedish
1 entries- åbrodd noun (Artemisia abrotanum)
Sample sentences
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According to the Roman Pliny the Elder, author of Historia Naturalis, southernwood was conducive to sexual excitement when the plant was placed under the bed.
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