Bitterwood (Noun)
Meaning 1
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.
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Nouns denoting plants.
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Meaning 2
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.
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Meaning 3
West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia.
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Nouns denoting plants.