bitterwood

Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

bitterwood(n = noun.plant) quassia, quassia amara - handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood; yields the bitter drug quassia from its wood and bark; Array

is a kind of bitterwood tree

is a member of genus quassia

bitterwood(n = noun.plant) jamaica quassia, picrasma excelsa, picrasma excelsum - West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia; Array

is a kind of bitterwood tree

is a member of genus picrasma, picrasma

bitterwood(n = noun.plant) paradise tree, simarouba glauca - medium to large tree of tropical North and South America having odd-pinnate leaves and long panicles of small pale yellow flowers followed by scarlet fruits; Array

is a kind of bitterwood tree

is a member of genus simarouba, simarouba

bitterwood, n.

A West Indian tree (Picræna excelsa) from the wood of which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained. [1913 Webster]

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