A plant with a distinctly bitter flavor, often used historically in herbal medicine and traditional remedies for digestive problems.
Compound of 'bitter' and 'wort' (an Old English term meaning plant), combining two ancient words to describe any plant known for its bitter medicinal properties.
Medieval herbalists believed that bitter plants must be good for digestion because of the principle of 'like cures like,' and it turns out they were partly right—bitter compounds actually do stimulate digestive enzymes and improve appetite.
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