BITTERWOOD Synonyms
There is 1 hypernym of the word bitterwood. (close relations)
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| quassia | nounn | |||||
noun • a bitter compound used as an insecticide and tonic and vermifuge; extracted from the wood and bark of trees of the genera Quassia and Picrasma • 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 | ||||||
| jamaica quassia | nounn | |||||
noun • similar to the extract from Quassia amara • West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia | ||||||
| paradise tree | nounn | |||||
noun • 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 | ||||||
| picrasma excelsa | nounn | |||||
noun • West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia | ||||||
| picrasma excelsum | ||||||
noun • West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia | ||||||
| quassia amara | nounn | |||||
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 | ||||||
| simarouba glauca | nounn | |||||
noun • 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 | ||||||
