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Definition of Roman wormwood

1. Noun. European wormwood; minor source of absinthe.

2. Noun. Glaucous herb of northeastern United States and Canada having loose racemes of yellow-tipped pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Fumaria.

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Literary usage of Roman wormwood

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Autumnal Catarrh (hay Fever) by Morrill Wyman (1876)
"The very general impression that the Roman wormwood is a cause of the whole ... Roman wormwood produces irritation in the throat and asthmatic breathing ..."

2. The Chemistry and Analysis of Drugs and Medicines by Henry Corbin Fuller (1920)
"This is the well- known Roman wormwood or ragweed of waste places and cultivated fields, and which is credited with being one of the aggravating causes of ..."

3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"Roman wormwood is used for the same purposes as A. Absinthium, and is more agreeable. Chief source of absinthe. vulgaris, Linn. ..."

4. The Family Herbal,: Or An Account of All Those English Plants, which are by John Hill (1812)
"They call it Roman wormwood at the markets and in the shops ; and it is used for the other : it has the same general virtues. All the three kind,'-, ..."

5. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1866)
"The most troublesome and rapid growing weed is the Roman wormwood. ... Besides Roman wormwood, there were many other species of weeds. ..."

6. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"Roman wormwood. Fig. 386. Shrubby, erect, 1-4 ft. ... with small, globular, nodding, whitish yellow heads. Eu. —Roman wormwood is used ..."

7. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1872)
"The very general impression that the Roman wormwood is the cause of the whole ... The experiments of Dr. Wyman show that the Roman wormwood is at least an ..."

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