| bittersweet | 1. Anything which is bittersweet. 2. A kind of apple so called. 3. <botany> A climbing shrub, with oval coral-red berries (Solanum dulcamara); woody nightshade. The whole plant is poisonous, and has a taste at first sweetish and then bitter. The branches are the officinal dulcamara. An American woody climber (Celastrus scandens), whose yellow capsules open late in autumn, and disclose the red aril which covers the seeds; also called Roxbury waxwork. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| bitterweed | <botany> A species of Ambrosia (A. Artemisiaefolia); Roman worm wood. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bitterwood | A West Indian tree (Picraena excelsa) from the wood of which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bitterwort | <botany> The yellow gentian (Gentiana lutea), which has a very bitter taste. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bitterwood |
quassia: 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 Jamaica quassia: West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia paradise tree: 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
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| bitter almond |
The almond, Prunus dulcis (formerly classified as Prunus amygdalus, or Amygdalus communis) is a small deciduous tree belonging to the Subfamily Prunoideae of the Family Rosaceae. An almond is also the fruit of this tree. It is classified with the peach in the Subgenus Amygdalus within Prunus, distinguished from the other subgenera by the corrugated seed shell. ...
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| bitter |
The taste perceived at the back of the tongue. Dark Roasts are intentionally bitter. Over-extraction (too little coffee at too fine a grind) can cause a bad bitterness.
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| bitters |
spirits of varying strengths flavoured with roots and herbs, used in cocktails to add a kick or depth of flavour, or for medicinal purposes. Most common are Amer Picon, angostura, Campari, Fernet Branca, orange and peach bitters, Cinzano, Underberg.
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| bitter tonic |
Bitter-tasting properties which stimulate the flow of saliva and gastric juice. Used to increase the appetite and aid in the process of digestion.
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| bitter | almond trees having white blossoms and poisonous nuts yielding an oil used for flavoring and for medicinal purposes |
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| bitter | pale yellow essential oil obtained from bitter almonds by distillation from almond cake or meal |
| bitter | a purgative made from the leaves of aloe |
| bitter | European perennial toxic vetch |
| bitter | cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems |
| bitter | used in cooking |
| bitter | any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers |
| bitter | European dock with broad obtuse leaves and bitter rootstock common as a weed in North America |
| bitter | (nautical) the inboard end of a line or cable especially the end that is wound around a bitt |
| bitter | the final extremity (however unpleasant it may be) |
| bitter | pink-flowered marsh plant of the eastern United States |
| bitter | hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts |