Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for WORM-WOOD
WORM-WOOD, n. [Sax. wermod; G. wermuth.]
A plant, the Artemisia Absinthium. It has a bitter nauseous taste; but it is stomachic and corroborant. Tree-wormwood, a species of Artemisia, with woody stalks. – Cyc.
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