What is the name meaning of WORMWOOD. Phrases containing WORMWOOD
See name meanings and uses of WORMWOOD!WORMWOOD
WORMWOOD
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin; possibly a topographic name for someone who lived where wormwood (Artemesia absinthium) grew, Middle English wormod, or a metonymic occupational name for a herbalist. In the Middle Ages wormwood was variously used as a tonic and vermifuge, in brewing ale, and to protect clothes and linen from moths and fleas.
WORMWOOD
WORMWOOD
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Painful to Siva
Boy/Male
Hindu
Big
Male
Welsh
Welsh name CELYN means "holly."
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Christian, Greek
To Love; Pure; Womanly
Girl/Female
Indian
Friendly, Of good company
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Brave
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Indian, Modern
Rose
Girl/Female
Assamese, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
Birth Place of Radha
Female
Czechoslovakian
, good.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Good Habit; Plus Point; Speciality
WORMWOOD
WORMWOOD
WORMWOOD
WORMWOOD
WORMWOOD
n.
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. It gives the peculiar flavor to the cordial called absinthe. The volatile oil is a narcotic poison. The term is often extended to other species of the same genus.
n.
The plant absinthium or common wormwood.
n.
A strong spirituous liqueur made from wormwood and brandy or alcohol.
n.
A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort, southernwood, and wormwood. Of these A. absinthium, or common wormwood, is well known, and A. tridentata is the sage brush of the Rocky Mountain region.
a.
Impregnated with wormwood; as, absinthiated wine.
n.
A shrubby species of wormwood (Artemisia Abrotanum) having aromatic foliage. It is sometimes used in making beer.
v. t.
To impregnate with wormwood.
n.
Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness.
v. t.
Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine; bitter as aloes.
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, amber; specif., designating a dibasic acid, C/H/.(CO/H)/, first obtained by the dry distillation of amber. It is found in a number of plants, as in lettuce and wormwood, and is also produced artificially as a white crystalline substance having a slightly acid taste.
a.
Relating to the common wormwood or to an acid obtained from it.
n.
The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter plant, used as a tonic and for making the oil of wormwood.
n.
The bitter principle of wormwood (Artemisia absinthium).
a.
Of or pertaining to wormwood; absinthian.
n.
Of the nature of wormwood.
n.
Malt liquor, medicated or spiced; formerly, ale or beer in which wormwood or other bitter herbs had been infused, and which was regarded as tonic; at present, hot beer mixed with gin, sugar, and spices.