1. Strong green liqueur flavoured with wormwood and anise
   "The artist claimed absinthe fuelled his creative process";
   - absinth
    
2. Aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe
   "The distillery grew its own wormwood for making absinthe"; "Common wormwood is the key ingredient in traditional absinthe"; "Artemisia absinthium is the key ingredient in traditional absinthe";
   - common wormwood, old man, lad's love, Artemisia absinthium

Derived forms: absinthes

Type of: cordial, liqueur, wormwood

Part of: genus Artemisia

Encyclopedia: Absinthe