Southernwood (Noun)
Meaning
Shrubby European wormwood naturalized in North America; sometimes used in brewing beer.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Freshly harvested southernwood leaves are used to flavor a unique beer brewed locally in the rural region.
- The garden was infested with invasive southernwood that the homeowner had to continually eradicate.
- The home brewer carefully measured out the dried southernwood for use in his experimental ale recipe.
- A patch of sticky southernwood grew near the old stone farmhouse, a legacy of a long-forgotten apothecary.
- To some degree, southernwood will grow almost anywhere, and indeed has naturalized throughout parts of the continent.