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Search phrase: wormwood

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HamletHam III.ii.191That's wormwood.Wormwood, Wormwood.
King Edward IIIE3 III.iii.72If gall or wormwood have a pleasant taste,If gall or worm wood haue a pleasant tast,
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.836To weed this wormwood from your fruitful brain,To weed this Wormewood from your fruitfull braine,
Romeo and JulietRJ I.iii.27For I had then laid wormwood to my dug,for I had then laid Worme-wood to my Dug
Romeo and JulietRJ I.iii.31When it did taste the wormwood on the nipplewhen it did tast the Worme-wood on the nipple

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.893 Thy sugared tongue to bitter wormwood taste; Thy sugred tongue to bitter wormwood tast,

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wormwoodbitter substance, bitterness
wormwoodabsinthe plant, known for its bitter taste

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