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Wormwood Name Meaning
English: of uncertain origin; possibly a topographic name for
someone who lived where wormwood (Artemesia absinthium) grew,
Middle English wormod, or a metonymic occupational name for a
herbalist. In the Middle Ages wormwood was variously used as a tonic
and vermifuge, in brewing ale, and to protect clothes and linen from
moths and fleas.
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Name Distribution of Wormwood Families
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United States
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Scotland
Number of Wormwood families
 21 - 39  8 - 20 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Wormwood families
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5 - 7 2 - 4 |
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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