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bitterweed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bit-ter-weed
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

The plant Helenium amarum (yellow sneezeweed).

noun

Parthenium hysterophorus (false ragweed)

noun

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

noun

Picris rhagadioloides (syn. Picris sprengeriana; tall oxtongue)

noun

Tetraneuris spp.

Etymology

From bitter + weed.

Inflected Forms

bitterweeds (plural)

Synonyms

ragweed ambrosia oxtongue bristly oxtongue bugloss picris echioides

Questions

What does bitterweed mean?
Any plant in the genus Ambrosia, especially Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed).
Where does bitterweed come from?
From bitter + weed.

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