Bitterwood Synonyms
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
(Noun)
Synonyms:
- quassia
- Quassia amara
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
(Noun)
Synonyms:
- paradise tree
- Simarouba glauca
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West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
(Noun)