bitterweed

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounbitterweed (plural bitterweeds)

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.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounwidespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States

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oxtonguebristly oxtonguebuglossPicris echioides
Broader
weed

nounany of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma

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ragweedambrosia
Broader
weed
Also see
ambrosiabuglossfamine weedoxtongueragweed

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From bitter + weed.

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APA

bitterweed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bitterweed

MLA

“bitterweed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bitterweed. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bitterweed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bitterweed.

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