wormwood

Definition

  • noun: a plant that has a bitter taste
  • noun: a European plant ('Artemisia absinthium') that has silvery silky-haired leaves and drooping yellow flower heads and yields a bitter dark green oil used in absinthe
  • synonyms: artemisia, bitterness, grande wormwood

Movie quotes

  • (..) Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Put your hand down,\Nyou silly girl! Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,For your information, Potter... Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,...asphodel and wormwood make a sleeping potion so powerful\Nit is known as the Draught of the Living Dead. (..)
    2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
  • (..) Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Our new celebrity. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Tell me, what would l get if l added powdered root\Nof asphodel to an infusion of wormwood? Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,You don't know? Well, let's try again. (..)
    2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone