wormwoods in English
noun
1
a woody shrub with a bitter aromatic taste, used, especially formerly, as an ingredient of vermouth and absinthe and in medicine.
This is a powdered mixture of natural ingredients that contains garlic as well as alfalfa, wormwood , yellowdock and pennyroyal.
2
a state or source of bitterness or grief.
The survivors of the 1996 election were relegated to a kind of mute opposition, forced to sip wormwood from the cup of their own brewing.
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1. Artemisias, or wormwoods, are rugged perennial herbs with varied leaf forms that are usually selected for their silvery foliage color