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bitterweed

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

Noun

bitterweed (plural bitterweeds)

  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.

Forms of bitterweed

pluralbitterweeds

Origin of bitterweed

From bitter + weed.

Questions about bitterweed

What does bitterweed mean?
Bitterweed means any plant in the genus Ambrosia, especially Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed).
What part of speech is bitterweed?
Bitterweed is a noun.
What is the plural of bitterweed?
The plural of bitterweed is bitterweeds.

Words near bitterweed in the dictionary

  1. bittersome
  2. bittersweet
  3. bittersweetly
  4. bittersweetness
  5. bittersweets
  6. bitterweed
  7. bitterweeds
  8. bitterwood
  9. bitterwoods
  10. bitterwort
  11. bitterworts

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