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Bitterweed

Bitterweed Meaning & Definition
Bitterweed Definition And Meaning

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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