Absinthe Absinthium

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~ ABSINTHE    id+ | DARKENED VISION |
~ ABSINTHIUM  id+ | BITTER POISONOUS POPULAR DRINK |
^u            id+ | WORMWOOD |
  sp  AJENJO
  ukr CHORNOBYL
  biol> bot brush ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM
        a HERB OF THE DAISY FAMILY
  in USA SAGEBRUSH
  NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH SAGE
  also called
  WORMWOOD
  LADY'S LOVE
  SOUTHERNWOOD
  MOTHERWORT
  note both SAGE and SAGEBRUSH are
  comon in the MOJAVE DESERT and related
  DESERTIC TERRITORIES
  SAGE is called SALVIA
  SAGEBRUSH is WORMWOOD or see> CHORNOBLY
  it belongs to the
  ARTEMISIA family        see> ARTEMIS
  THE SCENT or
  STINK OF SAGEBRUSH IS OVERPOWERING
  NATIVES USED SAGEBRUSH LEAVES
  AS INSECT REPELLENT
  THE WHOLE PLANT WAS USED AS AN ANTIMICROBIAL
  THE DRIED FLOWERS CONTAIN
  FRAGRANT BITTER VOLATILE OILS WHICH
  IF CONCENTRATED ARE A STRONG POISON
  note ALSO KNOWN AS
  slav PALINA OBYCAJNA for
       PALINA = FIRE WOOD
  ukr  PALYTY   TO BURN
       OBYCZAI  PROMISE
  slav BOZIE DRIEVKO for
  ukr  BOZHE  = GOD GODLY
       DREVO    WOOD
  hx> formerly USED FOR ITS STRONG AROMA AS A
      "STREWING HERB" IN CHURCHES and PUBLIC PLACES
  AS INSECT AND FLEA REPELLENT
  its oils were formerly used as "BITTERS"
  TO FLAVOR ALCOHOLIC LIQUEURS inclu VERMOUTH and
  PASTIS WHICH WAS OUTLAWED IN FRANCE
  med> A CAUSE OF BLINDNESS BY INDUCITION OF
       OPTIC NEURITIS plus BRAIN DAMAGE  CONVULSIONS
  AND MENTAL DETERIORATION
  see> ARTEMIS