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bitterweed

noun

Etymology

From bitter + weed.

  1. inherited from *weud✻ — “weed”
  2. inherited from wēod
  3. inherited from weed
  4. compounded as bitterweed — “bitter + weed”

Definitions

  1. Any plant in the genus Ambrosia, especially Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed).

  2. The plant Helenium amarum (yellow sneezeweed).

  3. Parthenium hysterophorus (false ragweed)

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Artemisia tripartita subsp. tripartita (syn. Artemisia trifida

      Artemisia tripartita subsp. tripartita (syn. Artemisia trifida; threetip sagebrush)

    2. Picris rhagadioloides (syn. Picris sprengeriana

      Picris rhagadioloides (syn. Picris sprengeriana; tall oxtongue)

    3. Tetraneuris spp.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA