Absinthium Small 150×320 Medium 299×640 Large 479×1024 Download Tiff Original 1123×2400 | (675.5 KB) Description "The common wormwood; a European species, much cultivated for its bitter qualities; it contains a volatile oil which is the principle ingredient in the French liquor absinthe."-Whitney, 1902 Keywords absente, absinthe, plant, wormwood Galleries Flowers and Shrubs: A Source: William Dwight Whitney, The Century Dictionary, an Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York: The Century Co., 1902)I:21
