Wormwood
Absinthe's signature botanical
Wormwood is a plant of the artemisia family, some varieties of which are cultivated for their aromatic qualities.
It has a very bitter taste that is the basis of its figurative use to denote a bitter experience or a bitter person.
Wormwood is the name of a star in the Bible that caused waters to become bitter, and is also the name of a devil in C.S.
Lewis’s book The Screwtape Letters.
Genus containing sagebrush
- herbFlavorful or medicinal plant
- shrubSmall woody plant
- silveryPale metallic sheen
- perennialRecurring each year
leaves · aromatic · bitter · mugwort · sagebrush · tarragon · southernwood · cultivation
Distilled alcoholic drink
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- distillationPurification via vaporization
- green fairyNickname for absinthe
- aniseLicorice-flavored seed plant
fennel · louche · bohemian · banned · Pernod · hallucinogenic · ritual · slotted spoon
Sharp, unpleasant taste or feeling
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- RevelationProphetic biblical finale
- starLuminous astronomical object
- cursedUnder a malevolent spell
waters · poison · affliction · calamity · prophetic · lamentation · gall · suffering
Sharp, unpleasant taste or feeling
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- regretSorrow over past actions
disillusionment · heartache · melancholy · acrimony · gall · anguish · torment · disappointment
- demonMalevolent supernatural being
- tempterOne who lures astray
- devilEvil supernatural entity
- allegorySymbolic tale with deeper meaning
satire · character · nephew · corruption · manipulation · soul · damnation · theological
Artemisia
Genus containing sagebrush
perennial · leaves · aromatic · bitter · mugwort · sagebrush · tarragon · southernwood · cultivation · garden
liquor
Distilled alcoholic drink
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- distillationPurification via vaporization
- green fairyNickname for absinthe
anise · fennel · louche · bohemian · banned · Pernod · hallucinogenic · ritual · slotted spoon · sugar cube
bitterness
Sharp, unpleasant taste or feeling
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- RevelationProphetic biblical finale
- starLuminous astronomical object
cursed · waters · poison · affliction · calamity · prophetic · lamentation · gall · suffering · plague
bitterness
Sharp, unpleasant taste or feeling
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
regret · disillusionment · heartache · melancholy · acrimony · gall · anguish · torment · disappointment · embitterment
C.S. Lewis
allegory · satire · character · nephew · corruption · manipulation · soul · damnation · theological · fiction
Wormwoodhoney
Bees' viscous nectar product
sugar · sweetness · nectar · maple syrup · molasses
Wormwoodmanna
Miraculous sustenance from heaven
milk and honey · living water · balm of Gilead · blessing · grace
worm, worms, wormy, wormier, wormiest, wormed, worming, wormlike, wood