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absinthe

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absinthe /ˈabsɪn(t)θ / (also absinth)
▸ noun
1 [mass noun] a potent green aniseed-flavoured alcoholic spirit, made with the shrub wormwood.
2 [mass noun] another term for wormwood (sense 1 of the noun)
– ORIGIN late Middle English: from French absinthe, via Latin from Greek apsinthion ‘wormwood’.
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