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
Synonyms : paradise tree, simarouba glauca
Meaning 2 : West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
Synonyms : jamaica quassia, picrasma excelsa, picrasma excelsum
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
Synonyms : quassia, quassia amara
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