bitterwood

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noun

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
• Hypernyms:
bitterwood tree
• Member Holonyms:
genus Quassia
2. West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
• Syn:
Jamaica quassia, Picrasma excelsa, Picrasma excelsum
• Hypernyms:
bitterwood tree
• Member Holonyms:
Picrasma, genus Picrasma
• Substance Meronyms:
Jamaica quassia
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
• Hypernyms:
bitterwood tree
• Member Holonyms:
Simarouba, genus Simarouba