southernwood

English

Etymology

From Old English sūþernewudu, equivalent to southern +‎ wood.

Pronunciation

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Noun

southernwood (countable and uncountable, plural southernwoods)

1. An aromatic shrub, Artemisia abrotanum, related to wormwood.
   • 1833, New England Farmer, volume 11, page 43:

     To use a strong decoction of the vegetable bitters as a substitute for alcohol—such, for example as wormwood, chamomile, horehound, southernwood and tanzy.

   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 227:

     According to the Roman Pliny the Elder, author of Historia Naturalis, southernwood was conducive to sexual excitement when the plant was placed under the bed.

Synonyms

• (Artemisia abrotanum): appleringie, appleringy, boy's love, lad's love, southern wormwood

Translations

Artemisia abrotanum

• Armenian:

  Middle Armenian: բարձուենեկ (barjuenek)

• Bulgarian: катринка f (katrinka), божо дръвче n (božo drǎvče)
• Catalan: broida (ca) f, abròtan (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 青蒿 (zh) (qīnghāo)

• Dutch: averuit (nl) f, citroenkruid (nl) n
• Esperanto: abrotano
• Finnish: aaprottimaruna (fi)
• Galician: abrótano (gl) m, abrótano macho (gl)
• German: Eberraute f
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ἀβρότονον n (abrótonon)

• Italian: abrotano m
• Japanese: 翁蓬 (okinayomogi), 西洋河原人参 (seiyō kawaraninjin), 木立蓬 (kidachiyomogi), サザンウッド (sazan'uddo)
• Latin: abrotonum n
• Lithuanian: diẽmedis m
• Norman: garde-robe f (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: abrodd (no) m, abrot (no) m

• Old English: sūþernewudu m
• Polish: bylica boże drzewko, boże drzewko n
• Portuguese: abrótano-macho m
• Romanian: lemnul-Domnului (ro) n
• Russian: полы́нь лече́бная f (polýnʹ lečébnaja), полы́нь высо́кая f (polýnʹ vysókaja), полы́нь лимо́нная f (polýnʹ limónnaja), бо́жье де́рево n (bóžʹje dérevo)
• Spanish: abrótano (es) m
• Swedish: åbrodd (sv) c

References

• Artemisia abrotanum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Artemisia abrotanum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Artemisia abrotanum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• southernwood at USDA Plants database