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Meanings of bitterweed in English

Portuguese
picris echioides

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

        picris echioides
        Portuguese
        ambrosia
        Spanish
        ambrosía

        Any 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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              Examples for "bugloss"
              Examples for "bugloss"
              1
              Blue-weed, or viper's bugloss; travels of; description of.
              The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton
              2
              The bugloss belongs to what may be called beautiful weeds, despite its rough and bristly stalk.
              The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton
              3
              Non-fragrant flowers that yield honey are those of the raspberry, clematis, sumac, white oak, bugloss, ailanthus, goldenrod, aster, fleabane.
              The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton
              4
              One of these includes the forget-me-nots, the borage, the alkanet, and the viper's bugloss, which keep up this blue as a family heirloom.
              The Naturalist on the Thames
              5
              Eat sparingly, and drink only barley water or clarified whey, and eat chickens and chicken broth, boiled with endive, succory, sorrel, bugloss and mallows.
              The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher / Containing his C...
              Translations for bitterweed
              Spanish
              ambrosía