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Definition of Southernwood
1. Noun. Shrubby European wormwood naturalized in North America; sometimes used in brewing beer.
Definition of Southernwood
1. n. A shrubby species of wormwood (Artemisia Abrotanum) having aromatic foliage. It is sometimes used in making beer.
Definition of Southernwood
1. Noun. An aromatic shrub, ''Artemisia abrotanum'', related to wormwood ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Southernwood
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Medical Definition of Southernwood
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Southernwood
Literary usage of Southernwood
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gardeners Dictionaryby Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"southernwood being well known; I Pink. Almag. Taller hoary South- ih. ...
southernwood, with a Leaf of the lefler Wormwood. 14. ..."
2. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential ...by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1810)
"J. HE field southernwood has hitherto been found in DO part of England but about
Thetford, where it was discovered in Ray's time, and still grows by the ..."
3. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America: Containing Full Descriptions of by Fearing Burr (1874)
"southernwood. Wormwood. BENE-PLANT. Oily Grain. Sesamum sp. AID to have been
introduced into this country from Africa by the negroes. ..."
4. An Encyclopaedia of Trees and Shrubs: Being the Arboretum Et Fruticetum by John Claudius Loudon (1869)
"A. procera Willd., South of France, is equally ligneous with the common southernwood,
and grows to tile height of .5 or 6 feet in the Paris garden, ..."
5. An Encyclopædia of Trees and Shrubs: Being the Arboretum Et Fruticetum by John Claudius Loudon (1842)
"... ligneous with the common southernwood, and grows to the height of 5 or 6 feet
in the Paris garden, where it stands the winter without protection. ..."
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