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Complete Definition of "absinthium"

English

Etymology
From L. #Latin|absinthium < AGr. polytonic|��ίνθιον (apsinthion). The Ancient Greek word is of uncertain origin. May be from Pers. FAchar|اسپ�د ispand ("wild rue"). (See also w:Absinthe#Etymology.)

Noun
en-noun|-

  1. botany The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter plant, used as a tonic and for making the oil of wormwood.

Latin

Etymology
From AGr.|la polytonic|��ίνθιον (apsinthion).

Noun
la-noun|absinthium|absinthii|absinthiī|n|second

  1. wormwood

Inflection
la-decl-2nd-N|absinthi

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