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Absinthium [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Budaeus in his commentaries on Theophrast, supposes the word composed of a priv. delight, so named from its bitterness. But it may be an Oriental word.

2. The common wormwood; a bitter plant, used as a tonic. A species of Artemisia.

Absinthium [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter plant, used as a tonic and for making the oil of wormwood.