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Bitterwood
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster] |
bitterwood
(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, bitterwood, {Quassia
amara}]
2: West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia [syn:
Jamaica quassia, bitterwood, 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}, bitterwood, Simarouba glauca] |
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Bitterwood
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster] |
bitterwood tree
(wn) | bitterwood tree
n 1: any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae
having wood and bark with a bitter taste |
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