Wormwood may refer to:

Biology

* Several plants of the genus '' Artemisia'': ** ''

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'', otherwise known as common wormwood, is a species of '' Artemisia'' native to North Africa and temperate regions of Eurasia, and widely naturalized in Canada and the northern United States. It is grown as an ornamental ...

'', 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 Ameri ...

'', 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 ''Artemisia pontica'', the Roman wormwood or small absinthe, is an herb used in the production of absinthe and vermouth. Originating in southeastern Europe (the specific name refers to the Pontus area on the shores of the Black Sea), it is natura ...

'', Roman wormwood ** ''

Artemisia princeps ''Artemisia princeps'', also commonly called ''yomogi'', Japanese mugwort, Korean wormwood, Korean mugwort or wormwood in English, is an Asian plant species in the sunflower family, native to China, Japan and Korea. It is a perennial, very vigor ...

'', Korean 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 ...

'' ** ''

Artemisia vulgaris ''Artemisia vulgaris'', commonly known as mugwort, common mugwort, or wormwood, 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 ''Art ...

'' * 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 Prison security categories in the United Kingdom, Category B men's local prison, located in the White City, London, White City area of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in West ...

, 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 Ba ...

, in the City of London *

Wormwood Forest The Red Forest (, , ) 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 following the absorption o ...

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

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

* 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 Chris ...

'' *

Matilda Wormwood Matilda Wormwood, also known by her adoptive name Matilda Honey, is the fictional 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) y ...

, the title character of the children's novel ''Matilda'' by Roald Dahl * Harry Wormwood, Zinnia Wormwood, Michael Wormwood, other characters in ''Matilda'' *

Miss Wormwood This is a list of characters from ''Calvin and Hobbes'', a comic strip by Bill Watterson. The strip revolves around a mischievous six-year-old boy named Calvin and his stuffed tiger, Hobbes. Other characters include Calvin's parents, classmates, an ...

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

Mrs Wormwood ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' is a British television science fiction, British science fiction television programme that was produced by BBC Cymru Wales for CBBC, created by Russell T Davies, and starring Elisabeth Sladen. The programme is a sp ...

, 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'' (miniseries), a 2017 docudrama directed by Errol Morris

Literature

Wormwood (Bible) Wormwood (Ancient Greek: ἀψίνθιον (''apsinthion)'' αψινθος (''apsinthos'') is a prophesied star or angel which appears in the Book of Revelation. Botanical etymology Wormwood, translated from ''αψινθος (Apsinthos)'' and � ...

, 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 is primarily a writer of speculative fiction but refers to himself as an "imagier" – one who imagines, a term which liberates his writing from th ...

* '' 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 considered the magazine to be "the greatest little magazine of all time." History and profile The ''Wormwood Review'' was first published in Fa ...

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

Chronicles of Wormwood ''Chronicles of Wormwood'' is a comic book series published by Avatar Press. It consists of two six-issue mini-series and one one-shot, all written by Garth Ennis, drawn primarily by Jacen Burrows and Oscar Jimenez,Doomriders Doomriders is an American stoner metal, stoner/sludge metal band from Boston, Massachusetts. The band has released three albums on Deathwish, Inc. The band's vocalist/guitarist Nate Newton (musician), Nate Newton also plays bass in Converge (ban ...

* ''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'', a 1999 live album by the Residents