Noun bitterweed has 2 senses
  1. oxtongue, bristly oxtongue, bitterweed, bugloss, Picris echioides - widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States
    --1 is a kind of weed
    --1 is a member of Picris, genus Picris
  2. ragweed, ambrosia, bitterweed - any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma
    --2 is a kind of weed
    --2 is a member of genus Ambrosia
    --2 has particulars:
     common ragweed, Ambrosia artemisiifolia; great ragweed, Ambrosia trifida; western ragweed, perennial ragweed, Ambrosia psilostachya
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