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Bitterwood

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, Quassia amara.

West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia. Synonyms: Jamaica quassia, Picrasma excelsa, Picrasma excelsum.

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: paradise tree, Simarouba glauca.

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Words linked to "Bitterwood" : genus Quassia, genus Picrasma, Simarouba, genus Simarouba, Picrasma