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ABSINTH

Dictionary entry overview: What does absinth mean?

• ABSINTH (noun)
The noun ABSINTH has 1 sense:

1. strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise

Familiarity information: ABSINTH used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ABSINTH (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

absinth; absinthe

Hypernyms ("absinth" is a kind of...):

cordial; liqueur (strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal)

Meronyms (substance of "absinth"):

anise; aniseed (liquorice-flavored seeds or oil used in cookies or cakes or pickles)

absinthe; Artemisia absinthium; common wormwood; lad's love; old man (aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe)

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ABSINTH: related words searches

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