Wormwood

Wormwood may refer to:

  • Various plants of the genus Artemisia particularly
    • Artemisia absinthium, also called grande wormwood or absinthe wormwood
    • Artemisia annua, also called sweet wormwood or annual wormwood
    • Artemisia vulgaris, also called common wormwood
  • Roman Wormwood, used for Artemisia pontica, and the similar plant Ambrosia artemisiifolia
  • Wormwood (star), in the Book of Revelation, a star that falls upon Earth and poisons a third part of the waters

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Famous quotes containing the word wormwood:

    “a star
    called Wormwood rose and flickered, shattering
    bent light over the dead boiling up in the ground,
    the biting yellow their corrupted lives
    streaming to war, denying all our words.”
    —Muriel Rukeyser (1913–1980)