common wormwood: aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe
subshrub: low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
pelvic inflammatory disease: inflammation of the female pelvic organs (especially the Fallopian tubes) caused by infection by any of several microorganisms (chiefly gonococci and chlamydia); symptoms are abdominal pain and fever and foul-smelling vaginal discharge