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VIRULENT |
Very bitter |
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ACRID |
Very bitter |
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WORMWOOD |
Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness. |
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RISIBLE |
Visible when the very first becomes the bitter end? That’s laughable! |
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BITTERWORT |
The yellow gentian (Gentiana lutea), which has a very
bitter taste. |
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BITTERN |
A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus Indicus, etc.,
used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer. |
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SPARTEINE |
A narcotic alkaloid extracted from the tops of the
common broom (Cytisus scoparius, formerly Spartium scoparium), as a
colorless oily liquid of aniline-like odor and very bitter taste. |
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TANSY |
...ommon tansy
(T. vulgare) has finely divided leaves, a strong aromatic odor, and a
very bitter taste. It is used for medicinal and culinary purpo... |
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HICKORY |
...re are
several species. The shagbark is the C. alba, and has a very rough
bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets. The pignut, or brown
... |
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STRYCHNINE |
A very poisonous alkaloid resembling brucine, obtained
from various species of plants, especially from species of Loganiaceae,
as from the seed... |
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GLUCOSIDE |
One of a large series of amorphous or crystalline
substances, occurring very widely distributed in plants, rarely in
animals, and regarded as i... |