Worm'wood, n.

(wûrm'-), n. [A-S. wermod, also sādthern-wudu, i. e., southern-wood; O. L. Ger. wermode, weremede, O. H. Ger. werimuota, awermuota, wormota, N. H. Ger. wermuth.] (Bot.) A plant (the Artemisia absinthium), having a bitter, nauseous taste;—so called because formerly supposed to be fatal to worms.

Tree-wormwood, a species of Artemisia, with woody stalks.—Wormwood-hare, a variety of the common hare (Lepus timidus), so named from its color.