wormwood
/ˈwɜːmwʊd/noun
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- a woody shrub with a bitter aromatic taste, used as an ingredient of vermouth and absinthe and in medicine蒿, 洋艾, 苦艾。
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- Genus Artemisia, family Compositae: several species, in particular the Eurasian A. absinthium.蒿属, 菊科：数种, 尤指欧亚的洋艾。
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- mass noun figurative a state or source of bitterness or grief〈喻〉痛苦, 悲伤; 悲痛之源。
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