Bitterwood Meaning

There are 3 meaning(s) for word Bitterwood

Meaning 1 : 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

    Synonyms : paradise tree,  simarouba glauca
Meaning 2 : West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia

    Synonyms : jamaica quassia,  picrasma excelsa,  picrasma excelsum
Meaning 3 : 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 : quassia,  quassia amara