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bitterweed

noun
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As a noun, bitterweed means any plant in the genus Ambrosia, especially Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed).

Meanings of bitterweed

8 meanings

noun

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

  5. Picris rhagadioloides (syn. Picris sprengeriana; tall oxtongue)

  6. Tetraneuris spp.

  7. Widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United Statesplant

    Similar: oxtongue, bristly oxtongue, bugloss, Picris echioides

  8. Any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthmaplant

    Similar: ragweed, ambrosia

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

All synonyms for bitterweed →
noun: widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves …
oxtonguebristly oxtonguebuglossPicris echioides
noun: any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants const…
ragweedambrosia

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