Logo The Wordsmith Dictionary
Exact matches only Allow stemming Match all embedded
Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ABSINTHIUM

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

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ABSINTHIUM

Ab *sin "thi *um, n. Etym: [L., from Gr. (Bot. )

 

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