Uttal

  • UttalUS:
    • IPA: ['wɜːm.wʊd]
  • UK:
    • IPA: /ˈwə(ɹ)m.wʊd/
ÖversättningKontext
Substantiv
1.pelinbotanik

Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. (botany) An intensely bitter herb (Artemisia absinthium and similar plants in genus Artemisia) used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.
  2. Anything that causes bitterness or affliction.

Exempel

  • But as I said, / When it did taste the wormwood on the nipple / Of my dug and felt it bitter, pretty fool, / To see it tetchy and fall out with the dug! /

Böjningsformer

Pluralwormwoods