meaning of bittern
1. A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species.
2. The brine which remains in salt works after the salt is concreted, having a bitter taste from the chloride of magnesium which it contains.
3. A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus Indicus, etc. , used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer.
4. relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry; found in marshes
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bittern | bitterness | bitternut | bitternut hickory |
