Wormwood may refer to:
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 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 Mrs. Wormwood, several characters 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