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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
An aromatic shrub, Artemisia abrotanum, related to wormwood..
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.
Use southernwood when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Southernwood means An aromatic shrub, Artemisia abrotanum, related to wormwood..
Common synonyms include appleringie, appleringy, boy's love, lad's love.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
To use a strong decoction of the vegetable bitters as a substitute for alcohol—such, for example as wormwood, chamomile, horehound, southernwood and tanzy.
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