wormwood

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English wormwode, a folk etymology (as if worm +‎ wood) of wermode (“wormwood”), from Old English wermōd (“wormwood, absinthe”), from Proto-West Germanic *warjamōdā (“wormwood”). Cognate with Middle Low German wermode, wermede (“wormwood”), German Wermut (“wormwood”). Doublet of vermouth. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, Australian) IPA(key): /ˈwɜːm.wʊd/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈwəːm.wɵd/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɚm.wʊd/ (New Zealand, Wales) IPA(key): /ˈwøːm.wʊd/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈwʌɾm.wʉd/ (Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈwəɾm.wʉd/ (Liverpool, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /ˈweːm.wʊd/ (Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /ˈwɛːm.wʊd/ === Noun === wormwood (countable and uncountable, plural wormwoods) An intensely bitter herb (Artemisia absinthium and similar plants in genus Artemisia) used in medicine, in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic. Synonyms: common wormwood, grande wormwood, absinthe, mugwort, artemisia (figurative) Something that causes bitterness or affliction; a cause of mortification or vexation. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Artemisia absinthium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Artemisia absinthium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Artemisia absinthium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons === Anagrams === woodworm