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( Chem.) The bitter principle of wormwood, or artemisia absinthium. Absinthium, or common wormwood, a plant of the genus artemisia , ord. asteraceæ . It grows about rubbish and rocks. The leaves of wormwood have a strong, disagreeable smell, so intensely bitter as to be proverbial. The flowers are more aromatic and le bitter than the leaves, and the roots discover an aromatic warmth without bitterne . This species of wormwood has powerful medicinal qualities as a tonic, stomachic, . It is found in the mountainous districts of New England. Absis' n. See Apsis . Absist', v. a. [Lat. absistere, to withdraw.] To stand or leave off.