bitterwood
1.
(
noun
) 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
Synonyms:
Simarouba glauca
,
paradise tree
Related Words:
bitterwood tree
2.
(
noun
) West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
Synonyms:
Jamaica quassia
,
Picrasma excelsa
,
Picrasma excelsum
Related Words:
bitterwood tree
3.
(
noun
) 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
Synonyms:
Quassia amara
,
quassia
Related Words:
bitterwood tree
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