Wormwood may refer to:

Biology

* Several plants of the genus ''

Artemisia Artemisia may refer to: People * Artemisia I of Caria (fl. 480 BC), queen of Halicarnassus under the First Persian Empire, naval commander during the second Persian invasion of Greece * Artemisia II of Caria (died 350 BC), queen of Caria under th ...

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Artemisia abrotanum ''Artemisia abrotanum'', the southernwood, lad's love, or southern wormwood, is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower family. It is native to Eurasia and Africa but naturalized in scattered locations in North America. Other common name ...

'', southern wormwood ** ''

Artemisia absinthium ''Artemisia absinthium'' (wormwood, grand wormwood, absinthe, absinthium, absinthe wormwood, mugwort, wermout, wermud, wormit, wormod) is a species of ''Artemisia'', native to temperate regions of Eurasia and North Africa, and widely naturalized ...

'', common wormwood, grande wormwood or absinthe wormwood ** ''

Artemisia annua ''Artemisia annua'', also known as sweet wormwood, sweet annie, sweet sagewort, annual mugwort or annual wormwood (), is a common type of wormwood native to temperate Asia, but naturalized in many countries including scattered parts of North Am ...

'', sweet wormwood or annual wormwood ** ''

Artemisia herba-alba ''Artemisia herba-alba'', the white wormwood, is a perennial shrub in the genus ''Artemisia (plant), Artemisia'' that grows commonly on the dry steppes of the Mediterranean regions in Northern Africa (Saharan Maghreb), Western Asia (Arabian Pen ...

'', white wormwood, the wormwood of the Bible ** '' Artemisia pontica'', Roman wormwood ** ''

Artemisia verlotiorum ''Artemisia verlotiorum'', the Chinese mugwort, is a species of plant in the sunflower family, widespread across much of Eurasia. Etymology It is named for Jean Baptiste Verlot, who first distinguished the plant from ''Artemisia vulgaris'' in 1 ...

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Artemisia vulgaris ''Artemisia vulgaris'', the common mugwort, is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae. It is one of several species in the genus ''Artemisia'' commonly known as mugwort, although ''Artemisia vulgaris'' is the species most ...

'' * A caterpillar that eats some of the above: ** ''

Cucullia absinthii ''Cucullia absinthii'', the wormwood, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761. It is found from Europe to the Caucasus, Turkey, northern Iran, western Siberia, the Altai mountains, Tien-Shan and ...

'', a caterpillar/moth in the family Noctuidae

Places

Wormwood Scrubs Wormwood Scrubs, known locally as The Scrubs (or simply Scrubs), is an open space in Old Oak Common located in the north-eastern corner of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in west London. It is the largest open space in the borough, ...

, an open space in the Hammersmith area of West London **

HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs (nicknamed "The Scrubs") is a Category B men's local prison, located opposite Hammersmith Hospital and W12 Conferences on Du Cane Road in the White City in West London, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's ...

, a prison in West London *

Wormwood Street Wormwood Street is a short street in the City of London which runs between London Wall at its western end and a junction with Bishopsgate and Camomile Street in the east. It is a dual carriageway which forms part of the A1211 route between B ...

, in the City of London *

Wormwood Forest The Red Forest ( uk, Рудий ліс, , ) is the area surrounding the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant within the Exclusion Zone, located in Polesia. The name "Red Forest" comes from the ginger-brown colour of the pine trees after they died follo ...

, former name of the Red Forest in Ukraine, surrounding the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant within the Exclusion Zone

Arts and entertainment

Fictional entities

* Wormwood, a character in C. S. Lewis's ''

The Screwtape Letters ''The Screwtape Letters'' is a Christian apologetic novel by C. S. Lewis and dedicated to J. R. R. Tolkien. It is written in a satirical, epistolary style and while it is fictional in format, the plot and characters are used to address Christi ...

'' *

Matilda Wormwood Matilda Wormwood, also known by her adoptive name Matilda Honey, is the title character of the bestselling 1988 children's novel ''Matilda'' by Roald Dahl. She is a highly precocious five and a half (six and a half in the 1996 film) year old gir ...

, the title character of the children's novel ''Matilda'' by Roald Dahl *

Miss Wormwood ''Calvin and Hobbes'' is a daily American comic strip created by cartoonist Bill Watterson that was Print syndication, syndicated from November 18, 1985, to December 31, 1995. Commonly cited as "the last great newspaper comic", ''Calvin and Hobb ...

, a minor character in ''Calvin and Hobbes'' *

Mrs Wormwood This is a list of minor characters from the television series ''The Sarah Jane Adventures''. A Androvax Androvax, also known as Androvax the Veil, was an alien criminal first appearing in "Prisoner of the Judoon" who was wanted for twelv ...

, a character in the first episode of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'', ''Invasion of the Bane'', who reappeared in ''Enemy of the Bane''

Film and television

* ''Wormwood'' (TV series), a 2007 Canadian and Australian children's television program * ''Wormwood'' (miniseries), a 2017 docudrama directed by Errol Morris

Literature

Wormwood (Bible) Wormwood (ἀψίνθιον ''apsinthion'' or ἄψινθος ''apsinthos'' in Greek) is a star or angel which appears in the Book of Revelation. Hebrew Bible The Biblical Hebrew word לענה (''la'anah''), translated into English as "wormwood" ...

, a 'star' that falls to earth in the end times, makes water bitter, and kills many people * ''Wormwood'' (short story collection), a book of short horror stories by Poppy Z. Brite * ''Wormwood'' (Taylor novel), a 2004 fantasy novel by Graham Taylor * ''Wormwood'', a collection of science fiction stories by

Terry Dowling Terence William (Terry) Dowling (born 21 March 1947), is an Australian writer and journalist. He writes primarily speculative fiction though he considers himself an "imagier" – one who imagines, a term which liberates his writing from the cons ...

* '' Wormwood: A Drama of Paris'', an 1890 novel by Marie Corelli

Periodicals

* ''Wormwood'' (magazine), a magazine of literature and literary criticism * '' Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse'', a comic book series by Ben Templesmith * ''

Wormwood Review The ''Wormwood Review'' was a literary magazine published from Fall 1959 to April 1999. Alan Kaufman (writer), Alan Kaufman considered the magazine to be "the greatest little magazine of all time." History and profile The ''Wormwood Review'' was f ...

'', a literary magazine published from 1959 to 1999 * ''

Chronicles of Wormwood ''Chronicles of Wormwood'' is a comic series consisting of two mini-series and one one-shot, all written by Garth Ennis, drawn by Jacen Burrows, Oscar Jimenez, and others''Garth Ennis Talks Wormwood'' Comic Book Resources {{DEFAULTSORT:Chro ...

'', a comic book miniseries by Garth Ennis from Avatar Press

Music

* Wormwood, a side-project band featuring two members of

Doomriders Doomriders is an American stoner/ sludge metal band from Boston, Massachusetts. The band has released three albums on Deathwish, Inc. The band's vocalist/guitarist Nate Newton also plays bass in Converge and guitar in Old Man Gloom. Jebb Riley ...

* ''Wormwood'' (Marduk album), 2009 * ''Wormwood'' (Moe album), 2003 * ''Wormwood'' (The Acacia Strain album), 2010 * '' Wormwood: Curious Stories from the Bible'', a 1998 album by the Residents * ''

Wormwood Live ''Wormwood Live'' is a 1999 live album by the Residents. Recorded in Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and ...

'', a 1999 live album by the Residents