southernwood
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southernwood
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From Old English sūþernewudu, equivalent to southern + wood.
noun southernwoods
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An aromatic shrub, Artemisia abrotanum, related to wormwood.
To use a strong decoction of the vegetable bitters as a substitute for alcohol—such, for example as wormwood, chamomile, horehound, southernwood and tanzy.
Similar: appleringie, appleringy, boy's love, lad's love, southern wormwood
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noun Artemisia abrotanum
| Español | abrótano |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 翁蓬 okinayomogi, 西洋河原人参 seiyō kawaraninjin, 木立蓬 kidachiyomogi, サザンウッド sazan'uddo |
| 中文 | 青蒿 qīnghāo |
| Português | abrótano-macho |
| Deutsch | Eberraute |
| Italiano | abrotano |
| Română | lemnul-Domnului |
| Русский | полы́нь лече́бная polýnʹ lečébnaja, полы́нь высо́кая polýnʹ vysókaja, полы́нь лимо́нная polýnʹ limónnaja, бо́жье де́рево bóžʹje dérevo |
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