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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
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SYLLABICATION:bit·tern
PRONUNCIATION:  btrn
NOUN: The bitter water solution of bromides, magnesium, and calcium salts remaining after sodium chloride is crystallized out of seawater.
ETYMOLOGY:From bitter.
 
 
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  bittern1 bitternut  
 
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