amargoso
noun
amar·go·so
ˌämərˈgō(ˌ)sō,
-sə
variants or less commonly amargosa
-sə
plural -s
1
: the bark of the goatbush
2
[Philippine Spanish, from Spanish, bitter] : the balsam apple of the Philippines
Word History
Etymology
Mexican Spanish amargoso goatbush, from Spanish, bitter, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin amaricosus, from Latin amarus
First Known Use
1894, in the meaning defined at sense 1