bittern
— Noun
– English
~ relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry; found in marshes
bitterness
— Noun
– English
~ a rough and bitter manner
bitterness
— Noun
– English
~ the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
bitterness
— Noun
– English
~ the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
bitterness
— Noun
– English
~ a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
bitternut
— Noun
– English
~ hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts
bitterroot
— Noun
– English
~ showy succulent ground-hugging plant of Rocky Mountains regions having deep to pale pink flowers and fleshy farinaceous roots; the Montana state flower
bitters
— Noun
– English
~ alcoholic liquor flavored with bitter herbs and roots
bittersweet
— Adjective
– English
~ tinged with sadness; "a movie with a bittersweet ending"
bittersweet
— Adjective
– English
~ having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness
American bittersweet
— Noun
– English
~ twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
bittersweet
— Noun
– English
~ poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America
bittersweet
— Noun
– English
~ twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
bitterweed
— Noun
– English
~ any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma
bitterweed
— Noun
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~ widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States
bitterwood
— Noun
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~ medium to large tree of tropical North and South America having odd-pinnate leaves and long panicles of small pale yellow flowers followed by scarlet fruits
bitterwood
— Noun
– English
~ handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood; yields the bitter drug quassia from its wood and bark
bitterwood
— Noun
– English
~ West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
bitthead
— Noun
– English
~ the upper end of a bitt
bittie
— Adjective
– English
~ (used informally) very small; "a wee tot"