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BITTERWOOD
quassia, bitterwood, Quassia amara
(noun) 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
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
bitterwood (countable and uncountable, plural bitterwoods)
quassia (Quassia amara)
Jamaica quassia Picrasma excelsa, native to the Caribbean
paradise tree Simarouba glauca, native to Florida, the Caribbean and Central America
Synonyms
• (Quassia amara): quassia wood, Surinam quassia
• (Picrasma excelsa): bitter ash, Jamaica quassiawood
Source: Wiktionary
Bit"ter*wood`, n.
Definition: A West Indian tree (Picræna excelsa) from the wood of which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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