abrotanum
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin, from Latin abrotonum, from Ancient Greek ἀβρότονον (abrótonon, “wormwood, southernwood”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ə.ˈbɹɑt.n̩.əm/
Noun
abrotanum (countable and uncountable, plural abrotanums)
- A bushy wormwood from Europe, sometimes used in the brewing of beer.[1], southernwood, Artemisia abrotanum.
References
- abrotanum at OneLook Dictionary Search
- Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 6
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