Génépi Génépi Génépi or génépy (in French) or "genepì" (in Italian) is a traditional herbal liqueur or aperitif popularized in the Alpine regions of Europe. "Genepi" also refers to alpine plants of the genus "Artemisia" (commonly called "wormwood") that provide the liqueur's flavor and color, and the French Savoy region adjacent to the Aosta Valley, where the plants grow and where the beverage originated. Genepi liqueur is related to absinthe in that its namesake botanicals are of the genus "Artemisia", but like Chartreuse, it is a liqueur (contains sugar) and traditionally taken neat. Like many European herbal liqueurs, especially those used
Yellow-green grosbeak Yellow-green grosbeak The yellow-green grosbeak ("Caryothraustes canadensis") is a species of grosbeak in the family Cardinalidae. In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the yellow-green grosbeak in his "Ornithologie" based on a specimen collected in Cayenne in French Guiana. He used the French name "Le Gros-bec de Cayenne" and the Latin name "Coccothraustes Cayanensis". Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognised by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. When in 1766 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his "Systema Naturae" for the twelfth edition he