Noun: common wormwood
- Aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe
"Common wormwood is the key ingredient in traditional absinthe";
- absinthe, old man, lad's love, Artemisia absinthium
Derived forms: common wormwoods
Type of: wormwood
Part of: absinth, absinthe, genus Artemisia
Encyclopedia: Common wormwood