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wormwoods

wormwoods is the plural of wormwood.

Meaning of wormwood

Noun

wormwood (countable and uncountable, plural wormwoods)

  1. An intensely bitter herb (Artemisia absinthium and similar plants in genus Artemisia) used in medicine, in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.
    • But as I said, / When it did taste the wormwood on the nipple / Of my dug and felt it bitter, pretty fool, / To see it tetchy and fall out with the dug!c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    Synonyms:
    common wormwood, grande wormwood, absinthe, mugwort, artemisia
  2. (figuratively) Something that causes bitterness or affliction; a cause of mortification or vexation.
    • The irony of this reply was wormwood to Zeluco; he fell into a gloomy fit of musing, and made no farther inquiry […].1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt, published 2008, page 57

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Proper noun capitalized: Wormwoods

Wormwoods

  1. (plural) plural of Wormwood

Phrases with wormwoods

Questions about wormwoods

What is wormwoods the plural of?
Wormwoods is the plural of wormwood.
What part of speech is wormwoods?
Wormwoods is a proper noun.

Words near wormwoods in the dictionary

  1. wormweed
  2. wormwheel
  3. wormwheels
  4. wormwood
  5. Wormwood Scrubs
  6. wormwoods
  7. wormworld
  8. wormworlds
  9. wormy
  10. worn
  11. worn and torn

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