{{wiktionary|Wormwood|wormwood}} '''Wormwood''' may refer to: {{TOC right}}
==Biology== * Several plants of the genus ''Artemisia'': ** ''Artemisia abrotanum'', southern wormwood ** ''Artemisia absinthium'', common wormwood, grande wormwood or absinthe wormwood ** ''Artemisia annua'', sweet wormwood or annual wormwood ** ''Artemisia herba-alba'', white wormwood, the wormwood of the Bible ** ''Artemisia pontica'', Roman wormwood ** ''Artemisia princeps'', Korean wormwood ** ''Artemisia verlotiorum''<!--https://www.sciencealert.com/sparrows-have-been-seen-using-preventative-medicine--> ** ''Artemisia vulgaris'', Mugwort * A caterpillar that eats some of the above: ** ''Cucullia absinthii'', a caterpillar/moth in the family Noctuidae
==Places== * Wormwood Scrubs, an open space in the Hammersmith area of West London ** HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs, a prison in West London * Wormwood Street, in the City of London * Wormwood Forest, 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'' * Matilda Wormwood, the title character of the children's novel ''Matilda'' by Roald Dahl * Harry Wormwood, Zinnia Wormwood, Michael Wormwood, other characters in ''Matilda'' * Miss Wormwood, a minor character in ''Calvin and Hobbes'' * Mrs Wormwood, a character in the first episode of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'', ''Invasion of the Bane'', who reappeared in ''Enemy of the Bane'' * Wormwood, a playable character in ''Don't Starve: Hamlet'' and ''Don't Starve Together''
===Film and television=== * ''Wormwood'' (miniseries), a 2017 docudrama directed by Errol Morris
==Literature== * Wormwood (Bible), 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 * ''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'', a literary magazine published from 1959 to 1999 * ''Chronicles of Wormwood'', a comic book miniseries by Garth Ennis from Avatar Press
===Music=== * Wormwood, a side-project band featuring two members of Doomriders * ''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
==See also== * ''Wyrmwood'', a 2014 horror film by Kiah Roache-Turner
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