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Noun: Roman wormwood  'row-mun 'wurm,wûd
  1. Glaucous herb of northeastern United States and Canada having loose racemes of yellow-tipped pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Fumaria
    - rock harlequin, Corydalis sempervirens, Fumaria sempervirens
     
  2. European wormwood; minor source of absinthe
    - Artemis pontica

Type of: Corydalis, genus Corydalis, wormwood

Part of: genus Artemisia

Encyclopedia: Roman wormwood