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Noun
/ˈabˌsinTH/,
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absinthes, plural;
  1. The shrub wormwood

  2. An essence made from this

  3. A potent green aniseed-flavored liqueur that turns milky when water is added. Prepared from wormwood, it is now largely banned because of its toxicity

  1. common wormwood: aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe
  2. absinth: strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise
  3. Absinthe is historically described as a distilled, highly alcoholic (45–74% ABV) beverage. It is an anise-flavored spirit derived from herbs, including the flowers and leaves of the herb Artemisia absinthium, commonly referred to as "grande wormwood". ...
  4. Absinthe is the final recording from the band Naked City. Unlike the band's other genre-mixing releases, the music on Absinthe is consistently in an ambient and noise style.
  5. Absinthe reached its peak of popularity and notoriety around the end of the nineteenth century and is now illegal not only in the United States but in Switzerland, the place of its origin. Absinthe is actually a green-hued cordial with aniseed (licorice) flavor. ...
  6. is a spirit drink made with aromatics including star anise, fennel seed, and crushed wormwood leaves. It is green in color but turns white when water is added.
  7. a strong herbal liqueur distilled with herbs like anise, licorice, hyssop, veronica, fennel, lemon balm, angelica and wormwood.
  8. A liquid heart medication. - e.g., Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder.
  9. A once illegal anise based aperitif drink with an infusion of wormwood, considered by some to be hallucinogenic and dangerous. Brands now available are made without all of the dangerous ingredients.
  10. Infamous green liqueur made from macerated herbs, with the principle herb being wormwood.  Absinthe is traditionally poured over a perforated spoon of sugar into water. ...
  11. To come under the influence of absinthe in dreams, denotes that you will lead a merry and foolish pace with innocent companions, and waste your inheritance in prodigal lavishness on the siren, selfish fancy. ...
  12. Exceptionally violent poison: one glass and you’re a dead man.  Journalists drink it while writing their articles.  Has killed more soldiers than the Bedouins.
  13. Anise flavored cordial containing wormwood, now outlawed.
  14. A banned green liquor, once made in France from wormwood, marjoram, oil of aniseed and other essential oils. Reputedly a powerful aphrodisiac, this was the drink of Verlaine, Toulouse-Lautrec and other self-destructive geniuses. ...