1. wormwood - Noun
2. Wormwood - Proper noun
A composite plant (Artemisia Absinthium), having a bitter and slightly aromatic taste, formerly used as a tonic and a vermifuge, and to protect woolen garments from moths. It gives the peculiar flavor to the cordial called absinthe. The volatile oil is a narcotic poison. The term is often extended to other species of the same genus.
Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI see the lost Love in beauty Go gliding over the main: I feel the ancient sweetness, The worm and the wormwood again. Francis Turner Palgrave
There's nothin' you can get from a book that you can't get from a television fastah!" -Harry Wormwood. Roald Dahl
But how is Mneme dreaded by the race, Who scorn her warnings and despise her grace? By her unveil'd each horrid crime appears, Her awful hand a cup of wormwood bears. Days, years mispent, O what a hell of woe! Hers the worst tortures that our souls can know. Phillis Wheatley
I first felt a fist - and then a kick, I could now smell their breath, They smelt of pubs - and Wormwood Scrubs - and too many right-wing meetings. Paul Weller (singer)
There is no wormwood that comes into flower and does not wither. Xhosa Proverb
1998–2008: Tours and storytelling projects Wormwood (1998–99) Based on Bible stories, Wormwood featured the Residents departing from pre-programmed music and again using a live band. Source: Internet