Meanings
- uncountableA traditional herbal bitters, popularized by Maria Treben, claimed to aid digestion and cure numerous ailments.
Today, arranged within the store’s hand-carved wood-paneled interior are roughly 9,000 products, some of which — the Austrian folk herbalist Maria Treben’s digestive Swedish bitters, for example — have been stocked for decades, […]
2021 May 11, Kari Molvar, “The Beauty Stores, Near and Far, That Are Destinations in Their Own Right”, in The New York Times Style Magazine1 more example
Mid-March 2021, at a bowling alley, I watch balls thunder down lanes and wonder if I’ve had a bowel movement since Presidents’ Day. I try: Miralax, Restoralax, magnesium citrate (liquid and powder), senna (tea and pills), psyllium (powder and pills), Benefiber, Citrucel, digestive enzymes, Swedish bitters, […].
2022 October 2, Cara Schacter, “My Year of Stress and Constipation”, in The New York Times
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Swedish bitters. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Swedish%20bitters
“Swedish bitters.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Swedish%20bitters. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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