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Wormwood
Wormwood meaning
An intensely bitter herb (Artemisia absinthium and similar plants in genus Artemisia) used in medicine, in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic. | Something that causes bitterness or affliction; a cause of mortification or vexation.
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In April, they welcomed new executive chef, Dante Romero (of Two Ducks and formerly of Wormwood) and new sous chef Xavier Verdugo (formerly of Wormwood and Tiger!
While Wormwood is delighted at this, Screwtape admonishes Wormwood to keep the Patient safe, in hope that they can compromise his faith over a long lifetime.
A young girl named Matilda Wormwood (Mara Wilson) is a gifted genius who loves to read.
Bottarelli entered his pleas by video link from Wormwood Scrubs before Harrow Crown Court, sitting at the Old Bailey.
The anti-absinthe party blamed wormwood, the crucial ingredient in absinthe making.
The ParaGuard liquid contains a blend of ingredients including wormwood (a bitter herb used in absinthe), pumpkin seed and garlic bulb to 'optimize digestive flora and support a healthy intestinal balance'.
Inspectors visited five UK immigration detention sites and two Pentonville and Wormwood Scrubs, last spring.
It was one of three of its kind – one got destroyed in the WWII blitz, and one is the chapel organ in Wormwood Scrubs prison in London but has been digitised.
Woody Harrelson is known for more than just his roles in movies, and his time at HMP Wormwood Scrubs is a testament to this.
But all of them are made from some combination of wormwood, sage, cypress, citrus, rose, carnation, and goldenrod.
Angry that Wormwood is “letting a soul slip through his fingers” when the “patient” becomes a Christian, Screwtape can no longer fake his composure, as his nephew’s failures reflect on Screwtape’s own inability to provide accurate counsel.
Deaths at Wormwood Scrubs prison in west London went up during the government’s prisons initiative.
A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the waters, because they were made bitter.
He also admitted drink-driving as he appeared via video link from Wormwood Scrubs for sentencing at the Old Bailey.
HMP Liverpool showed signs of overcrowding, as did Bristol, Guys Marsh, Nottingham and Wormwood Scrubs prisons.
The name of this star is Wormwood.
Also performed on Roadworms (The Berlin Sessions) and Wormwood Live.
At about this time an Italian merchant named D'Alessio began producing a similar product in Piedmont as a "wormwood wine".
Calvin, when in his Spaceman Spiff persona, sees Miss Wormwood as a slimy, often dictatorial alien.
D'Alessio's version of the libation contained other botanical ingredients in addition to wormwood.