| bitter | 1. Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine; bitter as aloes. 2. Causing pain or smart; piercing; painful; sharp; severe; as, a bitter cold day. 3. Causing, or fitted to cause, pain or distress to the mind; calamitous; poignant. "It is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God." (Jer. Ii. 19) 4. Characterised by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh; stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach. "Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them." (Col. Iii. 19) 5. Mournful; sad; distressing; painful; pitiable. "The Egyptians . . . Made their lives bitter with hard bondage." (Ex. I. 14) Bitter apple, Bitter cucumber, Bitter gourd. <botany> A name given to two European leguminous herbs, Vicia Orobus and Ervum Ervilia. To the bitter end, to the last extremity, however calamitous. Synonym: Acrid, sharp, harsh, pungent, stinging, cutting, severe, acrimonious. Origin: AS. Biter; akin to Goth. Baitrs, Icel. Bitr, Dan, Sw, D, & G. Bitter, OS. Bittar, fr. Root of E. Bite. See Bite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| bitter apple | The peeled dried fruit of Citrullus colcynthis (family Cucurbitaceae), an herb of the sandy shores of the Mediterranean, resembling somewhat the watermelon plant; formerly widely used as a cathartic and laxative. Synonym: bitter apple. Origin: G. Kolokynthe, the round gourd or pumpkin (05 Mar 2000) |
| bitter melon | The fruit of a Chinese vine related to the cucumber. Bitter melon has been used as a treatment for diabetes, gastrointestinal complaints, some cancers and viral infections. It most recently has been tried as a treatment against HIV (administered most often by enema). Little information about efficacy or proper use is available. (09 Oct 1997) |
| bitter orange peel | The dried rind of the unripe but fully grown fruit; a flavoring agent. Dried, the dried outer part of the pericarp of the ripe, or nearly ripe, fruit; it contains not less than 2.5% v/w of volatile oil. The outer part of the pericarp of the ripe, or nearly ripe, fruit; used to prepare the tincture and the syrup. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bitter orange peel oil | A volatile oil obtained by expression from the fresh peel of the bitter orange. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bitter peptides | Peptides that have a bitter taste and may spoil certain foods; often contain high proportions of leucyl, valyl, and aromatic amino acid residues. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bitter principles | A class of plant substances with a bitter taste that produce a reflexive increase in saliva secretion as well as secretion of digestive juices. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bitter tonic | A tonic of bitter taste, such as quinine, gentian, quassia, etc., which acts chiefly by stimulating the appetite and improving digestion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bitter water | A natural mineral water containing Epsom salt. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bitterbump | <zoology> The butterbump or bittern. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bitterling | <zoology> A roachlike European fish (Rhodima amarus). Origin: G. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bittern | <zoology> A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species. The common European bittern is Botaurus stellaris. It makes, during the brooding season, a noise called by Dryden bumping, and by Goldsmith booming. The American bittern is B. Lentiginosus, and is also called stake-driver and meadow hen. See Stake-driver. The name is applied to other related birds, as the least bittern (Ardetta exilis), and the sun bittern. Origin: OE. Bitoure, betore, bitter, fr. F. Butor; of unknown origin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bitternut | <botany> The swamp hickory (Carya amara). Its thin-shelled nuts are bitter. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bitterroot | <botany> A plant (Lewisia rediviva) allied to the purslane, but with fleshy, farinaceous roots, growing in the mountains of Idaho, Montana, etc. It gives the name to the Bitter Root mountains and river. The Indians call both the plant and the river Spaet'lum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bitters | A liquor, generally spirituous in which a bitter herb, leaf, or root is steeped. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oil of bitter almond | Volatile oil from the dried ripe kernels of bitter almonds or from other kernels containing amygdalin, such as apricots, peaches, plums and cherries; obtained by steam distillation subsequent to maceration of the source with water. Formerly used as an antipruritic; poisonous-releases hydrocyanic acid (hydrogen cyanide). Only the oil free of hydrogen cyanide may be used to flavor liquors and foods. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| oil of bitter orange | Volatile oil obtained by steam distillation from the fresh peel of Citrus aurantium (family Rutaceae). Aromatic material used as a flavoring agent in pharmaceuticals and foods and liquors; also used in perfumes. (05 Mar 2000) |
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acrimonious: marked by strong resentment or cynicism; "an acrimonious dispute"; "bitter about the divorce" very difficult to accept or bear; "the bitter truth"; "a bitter sorrow" acerb: harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique" expressive of severe grief or regret; "shed bitter tears" proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity; "a bitter struggle"; "bitter enemies" English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft) the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth one of the four basic taste sensations; sharp and disagreeable; like the taste of quinine piercingly: extremely and sharply; "it was bitterly cold"; "bitter cold" bitterness: the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste make bitter biting: causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold; "bitter cold"; "a biting wind"
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almond trees having white blossoms and poisonous nuts yielding an oil used for flavoring and for medicinal purposes
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pale yellow essential oil obtained from bitter almonds by distillation from almond cake or meal
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sour orange: any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock highly acidic orange used especially in marmalade
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alcoholic liquor flavored with bitter herbs and roots
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| bitter | the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste |
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| bitter | the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth |
| bitter | (British) dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops |
| bitter | make bitter |
| bitter | marked by strong resentment or cynicism |
| bitter | proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity |
| bitter | expressive of severe grief or regret |
| bitter | causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation |
| bitter | harsh or corrosive in tone |
| bitter | one of the four basic taste sensations |
| bitter | very difficult to accept or bear |
| bitter | extremely and sharply |
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