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Answer for the clue "Naturalized in United States ", 10 letters:
bitterweed

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Word definitions for bitterweed in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Bitterweed may refer to: Any plant in Ambrosia genus; specially Ambrosia artemisiifolia Artemisia trifida Helenium amarum Picris sprengeriana Tetraneuris

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Any plant in the genus ''Ambrosia'', especially (taxlink Ambrosia artemisiifolia species noshow=1). 2 The plant (taxlink Artemisia trifida species noshow=1) 3 The plant (taxlink Helenium amarum species noshow=1).

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States [syn: oxtongue , bristly oxtongue , bugloss , Picris echioides ] any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bitterweed \Bit"ter*weed`\, n. (Bot.) A species of Ambrosia ( Ambrosia artemisi[ae]folia ); Roman worm wood. --Gray.

Usage examples of bitterweed.

But bitterweed was something the shelters kept, right along with the tea, the salt, and the flour.

He was pelted with dirt and rock fragments and shreds of bitterweed, and specked with bison drool.

More often, he gave himself to the numb detachment of bitterweed, and the business, the empty, hollow business, of the Guild of the Makers.