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noun aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe
noun strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise
origin* (wormwood; figuratively bitterness, sorrow): From Middle English absinthe. * (liquor): From Modern French absinthe. Both from Middle French absinthe, from Latin absinthium, from Ancient Greek ἀψίνθιον (apsínthion, “wormwood”). Doublet of absinthium.
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