ABSINTHIUM

(Lat.) n. n. Gr., dfiv (from a priv., and wivOos, sweetne ). Fr., absinthe. Ger. Wermuth. It., a enzio. Sp., ajenjo. 1. In botany, Tournefort’s or Gärtner’s name for a genus corresponding in part to the Linnean genus Artemisia (q. v.). [B, 41, 42.] 2 In pharmacy, wormwood; the Jeaves and aise of the Artemisia a. (the grande absinthe, or aluyne, of the Fr. Cod.; the herb a absinth i i of the Ph. Ger.). ey alpinum. Fr., génépi. Ger., Genip kraut. A group of Alpine species ot Artemisia (glacial is, mutellina, and spicata), used in Switzerland for making absinthe. See AB- SINTHE sui e.—Ae marinum, A. maritimum. See ARTEMISIA maritima.— A, minus, A. ponticum, A. romanum. See ARTEMISIA pontic a. —A.santon i cum, See ARTEMISIA Santonica. — A. seriphium _ belgicum [G. Bauhin]. See ARTEMISIA maritima.—Ae vulgare [J. Bauhin]. See ARTEMISIA absinthium. — Conserva absinth i i maritimi. Anold stomachic preparation, made by beating the tender tops of sea wormwood (Artemisia _ maritima) with three times their weight of lump sugar. |A, 343.|—Extractum absinth i i [Ph. Ger.]. Ger., Wermuthextract. A preparation made by extracting wormwood tops with alcohol (2 parts) and water (3 pe) and evaporating to the consistence of a thick extract. hs Cf. Extrait d'ABSINTHE.—Oleum (e entiale) absinth i i. … huite volatile d’absinthe [Fr. Cod.]. Oil of wormwood, a volatile oil distilled from the tops and leaves of Artemisia a.; formerly used as an ee pan magic and anodyne. [A, B.]—Sal absinth i i. Fr.. sel e entiel d’absinthe. Salt of wormwood; a earbonate of pota ium formerly obtained from the ashes of wormwood, [A, 828.—Summit ates absinth i i. Wormwood tops. [B.] —Tinctura absinth i i [Ph. Ger.]. Ger., Wermuthtinctur. Tincture of wormwood; made by macerating 1 part of the tops in 5 yas of dilute alcohol for a week, straining, and filtering, [B.]— inctura absinth i i compos it a. Compound tincture of wormwood. For the French preparation, see Teinture d'ABSINTHE composée, According to the Austrian Ph. (of 1869, with appendix of 1879), made by digesting 1 part of wormwood, 4 parts of orange peel, 2 parts of calamus, 2 parts of gentian root, and 1 part of cinnamon in 100 parts of alcohol, and filtering. [B.J—Vinum de absinthio. See Vin d’ ABSINTHE.