bitterweed
bitterweed

bitterwood


Definition: Meaning of, bitterwood in English to English dictionary.

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bitterwood bitterwoods
  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
    SYNONYM
    quassia, Quassia amara
    ANTONYM
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  2. west Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
    SYNONYM
    Jamaica quassia, Picrasma excelsa, Picrasma excelsum
    ANTONYM
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  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
    SYNONYM
    paradise tree, Simarouba glauca
    ANTONYM
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bitterwood used in phrases

  • bitterwood tree (noun)
    1. any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste
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