About The Word Bitterweed
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Bitterweed
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What's The Definition Of Bitterweed?
[n] any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma
[n] widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States Synonyms | Synonyms for Bitterweed: ambrosia | bristly oxtongue | bugloss | oxtongue | Picris echioides | ragweed Related Terms | Find terms related to Bitterweed: See Also | Ambrosia artemisiifolia | Ambrosia psilostachya | Ambrosia trifida | common ragweed | genus Ambrosia | genus Picris | great ragweed | perennial ragweed | Picris | weed | western ragweed Bitterweed In Webster's Dictionary \Bit"ter*weed`\, n. (Bot.)
A species of Ambrosia ({A. artemisi[ae]folia}); Roman worm
wood. --Gray.
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