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bitterleaf

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Vernonia amygdalina, a tree native to sub-Saharan Africa.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Across languages

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22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: ግራዋ (gərawa) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 扁桃斑鳩菊 /扁桃斑鸠菊 (biǎntáo bānjiū jú) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 桃葉斑鳩菊 /桃叶斑鸠菊 (táoyè bānjiū jú) — Translations
  • Estonian: mandel-maruhein — Translations
  • Fon: amavivɛ — Translations
  • Fula: kaɗkaɗɗe — Translations
  • Fula: siwaakewal — Translations
  • Gikyode: maalɛbokyu — Translations
  • Hausa: shiwaakaa — Translations
  • Hausa: shuwaka — Translations
  • Igbo: ònugbù — Translations
  • Indonesian: daun afrika — Translations
  • Kinyarwanda: umubirizi — Translations
  • Mbelime: kṵ́ńteetè — Translations
  • Moore: koaag sãfãnde — Translations
  • Nawdm: suwaka — Translations
  • Nupe: tsula — Translations
  • Spanish: vernonia amarga — Translations
  • Tem: suuwááká — Translations
  • Tyap: ti̱n — Translations
  • Yoruba: ewúro — Translations
  • Yoruba: pákò — Translations