bitterwood, n.
(bitterwoods)
(bitterwoods)
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
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Simarouba glauca bitterwood paradise tree
West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
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Jamaica quassia Picrasma excelsa Picrasma excelsum bitterwood
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member holonym
substance meronym
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
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Quassia amara bitterwood quassia