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southernwood

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An aromatic shrub, Artemisia abrotanum, related to wormwood.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

shrubby European wormwood naturalized in North America; sometimes used in brewing beer

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Artemisia abrotanum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wormwood

History

Etymology

From Old English sūþernewudu, equivalent to southern + wood.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Middle Armenian: բարձուենեկ (barjuenek) — Artemisia abrotanum
  • Bulgarian: катринка (katrinka) — Artemisia abrotanum
  • Bulgarian: божо дръвче (božo drǎvče) — Artemisia abrotanum
  • Catalan: broida — Artemisia abrotanum
  • Catalan: abròtan — Artemisia abrotanum
  • Chinese Mandarin: 青蒿 (qīnghāo) — Artemisia abrotanum
  • Dutch: averuit — Artemisia abrotanum
  • Dutch: citroenkruid — Artemisia abrotanum
  • Esperanto: abrotano — Artemisia abrotanum
  • Finnish: aaprottimaruna — Artemisia abrotanum
  • Galician: abrótano — Artemisia abrotanum
  • Galician: abrótano macho — Artemisia abrotanum
  • German: Eberraute — Artemisia abrotanum
  • Ancient Greek: ἀβρότονον (abrótonon) — Artemisia abrotanum
  • Italian: abrotano — Artemisia abrotanum
  • Japanese: 翁蓬 (okinayomogi) — Artemisia abrotanum
  • Japanese: 西洋河原人参 (seiyō kawaraninjin) — Artemisia abrotanum
  • Japanese: 木立蓬 (kidachiyomogi) — Artemisia abrotanum
  • Japanese: サザンウッド (sazan'uddo) — Artemisia abrotanum
  • Latin: abrotonum — Artemisia abrotanum
  • Lithuanian: diẽmedis — Artemisia abrotanum
  • Norman: garde-robe — Artemisia abrotanum
  • Norwegian Bokmål: abrodd — Artemisia abrotanum
  • Norwegian Bokmål: abrot — Artemisia abrotanum
  • Old English: sūþernewudu — Artemisia abrotanum
  • Polish: bylica boże drzewko — Artemisia abrotanum
  • Polish: boże drzewko — Artemisia abrotanum
  • Portuguese: abrótano-macho — Artemisia abrotanum
  • Romanian: lemnul-Domnului — Artemisia abrotanum
  • Russian: полы́нь лече́бная (polýnʹ lečébnaja) — Artemisia abrotanum
  • Russian: полы́нь высо́кая (polýnʹ vysókaja) — Artemisia abrotanum
  • Russian: полы́нь лимо́нная (polýnʹ limónnaja) — Artemisia abrotanum
  • Russian: бо́жье де́рево (bóžʹje dérevo) — Artemisia abrotanum
  • Spanish: abrótano — Artemisia abrotanum
  • Swedish: åbrodd — Artemisia abrotanum