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bitterweed
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bitterweed has 2 senses
- bitterweed(n = noun.plant) bristly oxtongue, bugloss, oxtongue, picris echioides - widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States; Array is a member of genus picris, picris
- bitterweed(n = noun.plant) ambrosia, ragweed - any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma; Array is a member of genus ambrosia
is a kind of weed
has particulars: ambrosia artemisiifolia, common ragweed, ambrosia trifida, great ragweed, ambrosia psilostachya, perennial ragweed, western ragweed
is a kind of weed
CIDE DICTIONARY
bitterweed, n.
A species of Ambrosia (Ambrosia artemisiæfolia ); Roman worm wood. Gray. [1913 Webster]
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