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Webster 1913 Edition

Absinthium

Ab-sin′thi-um

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Noun.
[L., from Gr. [GREEK].]
(Bot.)
The common wormwood (
Artemisia absinthium
), an intensely bitter plant, used as a tonic and for making the oil of wormwood.

Webster 1828 Edition

Absinthium

ABSINTH'IUM

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Noun.
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.

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