English > absinth: 1 sense > noun 1, food| Meaning | Strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise. |
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| Synonym | absinthe |
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| Broader | liqueur, cordial | Strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal / meal |
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| Substances | anise, aniseed, anise seed | liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors |
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| common wormwood, absinthe, old man, lad's love, Artemisia absinthium | aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe |
| Spanish | absenta, absintio, ajenjo |
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| Catalan | absenta |
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