bitterwood

bitterwood [ˈbɪtəˌwʊd]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several simaroubaceous trees of the genus Picrasma of S and SE Asia and the Caribbean, whose bitter bark and wood are used in medicine as a substitute for quassia

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bitterwood - 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 Quassia amara, quassia bitterwood tree - any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste genus Quassia - tropical trees and shrubs with pinnate leaves and large scarlet flowers; bark is medicinal
	2.	bitterwood - West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia Picrasma excelsa, Picrasma excelsum, Jamaica quassia bitterwood tree - any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste genus Picrasma, Picrasma - small genus of deciduous trees of tropical America and Asia Jamaica quassia - similar to the extract from Quassia amara
	3.	bitterwood - 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 paradise tree, Simarouba glauca bitterwood tree - any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste genus Simarouba, Simarouba - type genus of Simaroubaceae; tropical American trees and shrubs having a pale soft wood and bitter bark