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Bitter cress
Bitter Bit"ter, a. [AS. biter; akin to Goth. baitrs, Icel. bitr, Dan., Sw., D., & G. bitter, OS. bittar, fr. root of E. bite. See Bite, v. t.] 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. Characterized 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. (Bot.) See Colocynth. Bitter cress (Bot.), a plant of the genus Cardamine, esp. C. amara. Bitter earth (Min.), tale earth; calcined magnesia. Bitter principles (Chem.), a class of substances, extracted from vegetable products, having strong bitter taste but with no sharply defined chemical characteristics. Bitter salt, Epsom salts; magnesium sulphate. Bitter vetch (Bot.), a name given to two European leguminous herbs, Vicia Orobus and Ervum Ervilia. To the bitter end, to the last extremity, however calamitous. Syn: Acrid; sharp; harsh; pungent; stinging; cutting; severe; acrimonious.
Bitter cress
Cress Cress (kr[e^]s), n.; pl. Cresses (kr[e^]s"[e^]z). [OE. ces, cresse, kers, kerse, AS. cresse, cerse; akin to D. kers, G. kresse, Dan. karse, Sw. krasse, and possibly also to OHG. chresan to creep.] (Bot.) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic. Note: The garden cress, called also peppergrass, is the Lepidium sativum; the water cress is the Nasturtium officinale. Various other plants are sometimes called cresses. To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread. --Goldsmith. Bitter cress. See under Bitter. Not worth a cress, or ``not worth a kers.' a common old proverb, now turned into the meaningless ``not worth a curse.' --Skeat.

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- common or country names include lamb's cress, land cress, ****y bitter cress, spring cress, flick weed, and shot weed, Alabama slapweed (or lambscress, landcress...
- flexuosa. Cardamine flexuosa, commonly known as wavy bittercress or wood bitter-cress, is an herbaceous annual, biennial, or short-lived perennial plant in...
- Cardamine impatiens, the narrowleaf bittercress or narrow-leaved bitter-cress, is a plant species in the genus Cardamine of the family Br****icaceae. It...
- Cardamine amara, known as large bitter-cress, is a species of flowering plant in the family Br****icaceae. It is a perennial with upright, mostly unbranched...
- Bittercress or Bitter-cress may refer to: Barbarea vulgaris Any plant in the genus Cardamine, especially Cardamine bulbosa or Cardamine hirsuta This page...
- www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2023-10-02. "Cardamine bulbosa (bulbous bitter-cress): Go Botany". gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org. Retrieved 2023-10-02. v...
- Cardamine pentaphyllos, the five-leaflet bitter-cress or showy toothwort, is a flowering plant in the family Br****icaceae, native to Western and Central...
- Cardamine depressa, commonly known as bitter cress, is a plant in the Br****icaceae family, found in the Antipodean Islands. Cardamine depressa is a perennial...
- Cardamine lilacina, commonly known as the lilac bitter-cress, is a herbaceous plant native to Australia. Retter L, Harden GJ (1990). "Cardamine lilacina...
- cuckooflower (Cardamine pratense), water-cress (Rorippa nastutium-aquati****), charlock (Sinapis arvensis), large bitter-cress (Cardamine amara), wild cabbage (Br****ica...