Definition of 'bitterwood'

Noun

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
      Synonyms: quassia Quassia amara
2. West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
      Synonyms: Jamaica quassia Picrasma excelsa Picrasma excelsum
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
      Synonyms: paradise tree Simarouba glauca

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