About The Word Bitterwood
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Bitterwood
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What's The Definition Of Bitterwood?
[n] 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
[n] West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia [n] 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 | Synonyms for Bitterwood: Jamaica quassia | paradise tree | Picrasma excelsa | Picrasma excelsum | quassia | Quassia amara | Simarouba glauca Related Terms | Find terms related to Bitterwood: See Also | bitterwood tree | genus Picrasma | genus Quassia | genus Simarouba | Picrasma | Simarouba Bitterwood In Webster's Dictionary \Bit"ter*wood`\, n.
A West Indian tree ({Picr[ae]na excelsa}) from the wood of
which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained.
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