BITTERWOOD as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • 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(s)
   • paradise tree (what does paradise tree mean?)
   • Simarouba glauca (what does Simarouba glauca mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) bitterwood is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • bitterwood tree (what does bitterwood tree mean?)
2. Meaning
   • West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
   Synonym(s)
   • Jamaica quassia (what does Jamaica quassia mean?)
   • Picrasma excelsa (what does Picrasma excelsa mean?)
   • Picrasma excelsum (what does Picrasma excelsum mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) bitterwood is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • bitterwood tree (what does bitterwood tree mean?)
3. Meaning
   • 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(s)
   • quassia (what does quassia mean?)
   • Quassia amara (what does Quassia amara mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) bitterwood is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • bitterwood tree (what does bitterwood tree mean?)