| wormwood | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. wormwood | any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium. |
| ~ aster family, asteraceae, compositae, family asteraceae, family compositae | plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia. |
| ~ mugwort | any of several weedy composite plants of the genus Artemisia. |
| ~ artemisia abrotanum, southernwood | shrubby European wormwood naturalized in North America; sometimes used in brewing beer. |
| ~ absinthe, artemisia absinthium, common wormwood, lad's love, old man | aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe. |
| ~ artemisia annua, sweet wormwood | wormwood of southeastern Europe to Iran. |
| ~ artemisia campestris, field wormwood | European wormwood similar to common wormwood in its properties. |
| ~ artemisia frigida, prairie sagewort, wormwood sage | silky-leaved aromatic perennial of dry northern parts of the northern hemisphere; has tawny florets. |
| ~ artemis pontica, roman wormwood | European wormwood; minor source of absinthe. |
| ~ artemisia stelleriana, beach wormwood, old woman, dusty miller | herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant. |
| ~ artemisia maritima, sea wormwood, seriphidium maritimum | plants of western and northern European coasts. |
| ~ subshrub, suffrutex | low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base. |
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