wormwood

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English - Turkish
acı/pelin
(Botanik, Bitkibilim) deniz yavşanı
(Botanik, Bitkibilim) acı pelin
(Botanik, Bitkibilim) apsent
pelinotu
{i} acı veren şey
{i} acı şey
i., bot. pelin
{i} pelin
(Botanik, Bitkibilim) deniz pelin

Related Terms

wormwood oil
pelinotu yağı
beach wormwood
deniz yavşanı
beach wormwood
deniz pelini
gall and wormwood
safra ve pelin
sea wormwood
deniz yavşanı
be wormwood to
acı vermek
be wormwood to
acı gelmek
English - English
Anything that causes bitterness or affliction
An intensely bitter herb (various plants in genus Artemisia) used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic

But as I said, / When it did taste the wormwood on the nipple / Of my dug and felt it bitter, pretty fool, / To see it tetchy and fall out with the dug! /.

{n} a very bitter herb
The term is often extended to other species of the same genus
The volatile oil is a narcotic poison
1 A plant producing a bitter oil used to make absinthe 2 The main herb used to flavor Vermouth
An intensely bitter herb (Artemisia absinthium) used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic
any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium
A composite plant (Artemisia Absinthium), having a bitter and slightly aromatic taste, formerly used as a tonic and a vermifuge, and to protect woolen garments from moths
Wormwood is a plant that has a very bitter taste and is used in making medicines and alcoholic drinks. a plant with a bitter taste
The plant Artemisia Absinthium, (Atasözü)ial for its bitter taste The leaves and tops are used in medicine as a tonic and vermifuge, and for making vermouth and absinthe; formerly also to protect clothes and bedding from moths and fleas, and in brewing ale It yields a dark green oil Roman wormwood is A pontica or A Absinthium; sea wormwood is A maritima See notes on herbs From Renfrow 1994: Wormwood contains thujone, which can cause brain damage; it is addictive, with habitual use also causing vomiting, tremors, vertigo, hallucinations, violent behavior, and convulsions Absinthe was deemed responsible for many deaths, and has been banned in several countries since the turn of the century (McGee, p 160 Merck, p 2 )
Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness
In Revelations 8: 10/11 of the Holy Bible, WORMWOOD is defined as a "great star" that fell from heaven and made the earth's waters bitter as it burnt the land Perhaps the word "WORMWOOD" identifies the leftover worm-ridden wooden artifacts from the antediluvian era of Atlantis If COMET PHAETHON, which destroyed Atlantis, collided into the sun by vaporizing its metallic makeup into space, then, in turn, this action could cause a global fire storm and flood if the metallic particles reacted with the earth's atmosphere - thus destroying all wooden construction projects and associated artifacts Many years later, any ancient worm-ridden wooden artifact - of which there must have been many examples, would be identified with the global event that destroyed the Atlantean era before the Biblical flood
{i} woody herbaceous plant which yields a bitter oil; something bitter
It gives the peculiar flavor to the cordial called absinthe
Heb la'anah, the Artemisia absinthium of botanists It is noted for its intense bitterness (Deut 29: 18; Prov 5: 4; Jer 9: 15; Amos 5: 7) It is a type of bitterness, affliction, remorse, punitive suffering In Amos 6: 12 this Hebrew word is rendered "hemlock" (R V , "wormwood") In the symbolical language of the Apocalypse (Rev 8: 10, 11) a star is represented as falling on the waters of the earth, causing the third part of the water to turn wormwood

Related Terms

Wormwood Scrubs
The Scrubs a prison in West London
wormwood oil
a dark bitter oil obtained obtained from wormwood leaves; flavors absinthe liqueurs
wormwood sage
silky-leaved aromatic perennial of dry northern parts of the northern hemisphere; has tawny florets
grande wormwood
The herb wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), which is used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic
beach wormwood
coastal sagewort
beach wormwood
artemisia pycnocephala
beach wormwood
beach sagewort
beach wormwood
An Asian perennial seacoast plant (Artemisia stelleriana) in the composite family, densely covered with grayish-white felty hairs and having pinnately lobed leaves and elongate clusters of heads with tiny yellow flowers
common wormwood
aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe
field wormwood
European wormwood similar to common wormwood in its properties
roman wormwood
glaucous herb of northeastern United States and Canada having loose racemes of yellow-tipped pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Fumaria European wormwood; minor source of absinthe
sea wormwood
plants of western and northern European coasts
sea wormwood
A European species of wormwood (Artemisia maritima) growing by the sea
sweet wormwood
wormwood of southeastern Europe to Iran
wormwood

    Hyphenation

    worm·wood

    Turkish pronunciation

    wırmwûd

    Pronunciation

    /ˈwərmˌwo͝od/ /ˈwɜrmˌwʊd/

    Etymology

    [ 'w&rm-"wud ] (noun.) 15th century. From Middle English wormwode, alteration of wermode (“wormwood”), from Old English wermōd, wormōd (“wormwood, absinthe”), from Proto-Germanic *wermōdaz (“wormwood”). Cognate with Middle Low German wermode, wermede (“wormwood”), German Wermut (“wormwood”). See vermouth.
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