Southernwood
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Southernwood is a noun meaning An aromatic shrub, Artemisia abrotanum, related to wormwood.
Meaning
An aromatic shrub, Artemisia abrotanum, related to wormwood.
Example Sentences
To use a strong decoction of the vegetable bitters as a substitute for alcohol—such, for example as wormwood, chamomile, horehound, southernwood and tanzy.
According to the Roman Pliny the Elder, author of Historia Naturalis, southernwood was conducive to sexual excitement when the plant was placed under the bed.
Word Forms
- southernwoods
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include abrotanum, southernwort, wormwood, mingwort, artemisia, old man.
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