BITTER PRINCIPLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bitter principle mean? 

• BITTER PRINCIPLE (noun)
  The noun BITTER PRINCIPLE has 1 sense:

1. any one of several hundred compounds having a bitter taste; not admitting of chemical classification

  Familiarity information: BITTER PRINCIPLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BITTER PRINCIPLE (noun)

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Meaning:

Any one of several hundred compounds having a bitter taste; not admitting of chemical classification

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("bitter principle" is a kind of...):

chemical compound; compound ((chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight)