Sentence examples for common wormwood from inspiring English sources
The leaves of common wormwood (A. absinthium) have been used in medicines and beverages such as absinthe and vermouth.
It was common belief that wormwood, which contains the neurotoxin thujone, caused absinthe drinkers to suffer addiction, irritability and hallucinations.
I ran to Wormwood Scrubs common.
The next day, Gove suddenly emerged from his room, carrying a brown parcel, and told me he was going for a walk on Wormwood Scrubs common.
Paul Kelso The Common Good: March 21 2001 Senior prison officer, Wormwood Scrubs, London Salary: £26,500 Ultimately the job is about carrying out the punishments of the courts and keeping the public safe by keeping people in prison.
Walking at dawn in the mud of Wormwood Scrubs, a rough, wild common next to the prison of the same name, we approach a screaming copse.
They found a clear winner in 1971 – a common herb called qing hao (Artemisia annua or sweet wormwood).
For the purposes of deworming, the feeding of wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), mugwort (A. vulgaris), chicory (Cichorium intybis) and common tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) were expected by farmers to have anthelmintic properties [ 58].
Boxing in Wormwood Scrubs.
Wormwood is the proverbially bitter.
