artemisia absinthium

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   aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe

   Synonymscommon wormwoodabsintheold manlad's love

   Broaderwormwood

   Part ofgenus Artemisia

Questions about artemisia absinthium

What does artemisia absinthium mean?

artemisia absinthium means "aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe".

What is another word for artemisia absinthium?

Close synonyms include common wormwood, absinthe, old man, lad's love. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is artemisia absinthium a common word?

artemisia absinthium is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.