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bitterwood |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bitterwood \Bit"ter*wood`\, n. A West Indian tree ({Picr[ae]na excelsa}) from the wood of which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bitterwood n 1: 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 [syn: {quassia}, {Quassia amara}] 2: West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia [syn: {Jamaica quassia}, {Picrasma excelsa}, {Picrasma excelsum}] 3: 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 [syn: {paradise tree}, {Simarouba glauca}]
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