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absinthe

DEFINITIONS OF: absinthe

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n strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise

Synonyms:
absinth
Type of:
cordial, liqueur
strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal

n aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe

Synonyms:
Artemisia absinthium, common wormwood, lad's love, old man
Type of:
wormwood
any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium
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