 bitterwood |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (botany) West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia | |
| Synonyms: | Picrasma_excelsa Picrasma_excelsum Jamaica_quassia | |
| Related terms: | bitterwood_tree Picrasma Jamaica_quassia | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (botany) 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 terms: | bitterwood_tree genus_Quassia | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (botany) 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 terms: | bitterwood_tree Simarouba | |
| Similar spelling: |
bitterweed bitterroot bitter_dock |
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