Among field flowers the most noted are the May Lily, the Ground Ivy, the Bluebottle, Camomile and so on; and among herbs, Trefoil, Wormwood, Sorrel, the Nettle and so forth.
Source: tatoeba (7309918)
Wormwood
//ˈwɚm.wʊd//
Synonyms for "wormwood" (9 found)
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Noun(3 words)
Related words (4)
Noun(3 words)
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11 entriesTranslations
126 translations across 75 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- pelin noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- pelin i zi noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἀψίνθιον noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- ἄψινθος noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Arabic
3 entries- حَبَق اَلرَّاعِيّ noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- شيبة noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- صبر noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Armenian
2 entries- բարձվենյակ noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- օշինդր noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Asturian
1 entries- axenxu noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- yovşan noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Bashkir
1 entries- әрем noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Basque
1 entries- asentsio noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Belarusian
1 entries- палы́н noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Bulgarian
3 entries- обида noun (figurative: that which causes bitterness)
- огорчение noun (figurative: that which causes bitterness)
- пелин noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Catalan
1 entries- donzell noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎤᏴᏍᏗ name (Translations)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 苦艾 noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 中亞苦蒿 /中亚苦蒿 noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- 苦艾 noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Chuvash
1 entries- армути noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Czech
2 entries- pelyněk noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- pelyněk pravý noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Danish
1 entries- malurt noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Dutch
1 entries- absintalsem noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Eastern Mari
2 entries- арым noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- арымшудо noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Erzya
1 entries- шурьма noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Esperanto
1 entries- absinto noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Estonian
1 entries- koirohi noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Finnish
3 entries- koiruoho noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- mali noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- rikki noun (figurative: that which causes bitterness)
French
4 entries- absinthe noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- amertume noun (figurative: that which causes bitterness)
- armoise noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- fiel noun (figurative: that which causes bitterness)
Gagauz
1 entries- pelin noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Galician
4 entries- alosna noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- asente noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- asento noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- madroa noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Georgian
2 entries- აბზინდა noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- ავშანი noun (Artemisia absinthium)
German
2 entries- Wermut noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- Wermutstropfen noun (figurative: that which causes bitterness)
Greek
3 entries- αρτεμισία noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- αψιθιά noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- χολή noun (figurative: that which causes bitterness)
Hebrew
2 entries- ארטימיסיה noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- לַעֲנָה noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Hungarian
1 entries- fehér üröm noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Ido
1 entries- absinto noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Interlingua
1 entries- absinthio noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Irish
1 entries- mormónta noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Italian
1 entries- assenzio noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Japanese
1 entries- 苦蓬 noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Komi-Permyak
1 entries- вӧвбӧж noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Komi-Zyrian
2 entries- батӧг noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- кӧинакань noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Korean
1 entries- 향쑥 noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Ladin
1 entries- scienz noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Latin
2 entries- absinthium noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- batypicron noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Lombard
1 entries- medeghet noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Macedonian
3 entries- го́рчина noun (figurative: that which causes bitterness)
- пе́лин noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- пе́лин noun (figurative: that which causes bitterness)
Middle English
1 entries- wormwode noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Middle Irish
1 entries- mormónt noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Māori
1 entries- taru kawa noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Navajo
1 entries- Díchʼíiʼii name (Translations)
Norman
3 entries- absînthe noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- hèrbe à puches noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- lianne noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- malurt noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- malurt noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Ojibwe
2 entries- moose-ojiibik noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- moosewijiibik noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Old English
1 entries- wermōd noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Persian
2 entries- افسنطین noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- درمنه noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Polish
1 entries- piołun noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Portuguese
2 entries- absinto noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- amargura noun (figurative: that which causes bitterness)
Romanian
1 entries- pelin noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Russian
4 entries- го́речь noun (figurative: that which causes bitterness)
- желчь noun (figurative: that which causes bitterness)
- жёлчь noun (figurative: that which causes bitterness)
- полы́нь noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pelen noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- pèlin noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- пелен noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- пѐлин noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Slovak
1 entries- palina noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Slovene
2 entries- pelin noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- pelin noun (figurative: that which causes bitterness)
Spanish
4 entries- absintio noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- ajenjo noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- alosna noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- amargor noun (figurative: that which causes bitterness)
Swedish
2 entries- malört noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- äkta malört noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Tagalog
1 entries- ahenho noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Tamil
1 entries- மருக்கொழுந்து noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Tashelhit
1 entries- ⵛⵉⴱⴰ noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Thai
1 entries- โกฏจุฬาลำพา noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Turkish
1 entries- pelin noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Tuvan
1 entries- чашпан noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Udmurt
2 entries- арым noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- зынпот noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Ukrainian
2 entries- поли́н noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- чорнобиль noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Venetan
1 entries- ménego maèstro noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Vietnamese
1 entries- ngải cứu noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Walloon
2 entries- absinte noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- foirt noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Welsh
2 entries- y wermod noun (Artemisia absinthium)
- y wermod lwyd noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Western Mari
1 entries- шодышуды noun (Artemisia absinthium)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Among field flowers the most noted are the May Lily, the Ground Ivy, the Cornflower, Camomile and so on; and among herbs, Trefoil, Wormwood, Sorrel, the Nettle and so forth.
Source: tatoeba (7311451)
The artemisia plant also known as Sweet Wormwood contains artemisinin which has been used in Chinese traditional medicine for centuries in treating fevers.
Source: tatoeba (9014780)
Composites are usually herbs and shrubs, although there are a few tree composites. Various composites are cultivated for food including sunflower seeds, lettuce, artichokes, chicory, endive, and salsify. The most common human use of this very large family is for garden ornamentals. A few such as chamomile, colt's foot, and wormwood have been used as medicinal plants.
Source: tatoeba (12294245)
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