Home › Words › A › amaroidamaroidamaroid means any bitter substance extracted from a plant (other than an alkaloid or glycoside).EtymologyFrom Latin amārus (“bitter”) + -oid.nounAny bitter substance extracted from a plant (other than an alkaloid or glycoside).e.g.“The name Amaroid is suggested for such bodies as these, in order to avoid confusion with glucosides and alkaloids, so many of which are also bitter.” — 1894, Charles E. Sohn, Dictionary of the Active Principles of Plants:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.amaroidal 82% match — Relating to an amaroid; bitter. vs amaroid →amberoid 67% match — A synthetic amber manufactured by melting and compressing chips of natural amber, sometimes with other resins. vs amaroid →amarogentin 65% match — A bitter secoiridoid glycoside found in gentian (Gentiana lutea) and in chiretta (Swertia chirata). vs amaroid →aromatide 62% match — A glucoside present in some citrus plants vs amaroid →amarine 62% match — A characteristic crystalline substance, obtained from oil of bitter almonds. vs amaroid →amaritude 60% match — Bitterness, sorrow. vs amaroid →amioid 60% match — Belonging to, or relating to the Amioidea. vs amaroid →aconine 60% match — An amorphous, bitter, non-poisonous alkaloid, derived from the decomposition of aconitine. vs amaroid →