Meaning of BITTERWOOD
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- [n] 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
- [n] West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
- [n] 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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| | Synonyms: | | Jamaica quassia, paradise tree, Picrasma excelsa, Picrasma excelsum, quassia, Quassia amara, Simarouba glauca |
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| | See Also: | | bitterwood tree, genus Picrasma, genus Quassia, genus Simarouba, Picrasma, Simarouba | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Bit"ter*wood`\, n.
A West Indian tree ({Picr[ae]na excelsa}) from the wood of
which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained.
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