bitterwood English

Meaning bitterwood meaning

What does bitterwood mean?

bitterwood

— noun (= paradise tree) 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

— noun (= Jamaica quassia) West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia

— noun (= quassia) 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 bitterwood synonyms

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quassia

paradise tree

Simarouba glauca

Picrasma excelsa

Jamaica quassia

Quassia amara

Picrasma excelsum

bitterwood tree