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noun, feminine

alosna

/aˈlosna/

noun, feminine/aˈlosna/plural: alosnas

wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)

Synonyms: ajenjo, absintio

Inherited from Old Spanish alosna, from Latin aloxina, plural of aloxinum. Cf. also the related aloja, from a Vulgar Latin root *aloxia, from Greek ἀλόη (alóē) ὀξεῖα (oxeîa).