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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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... Quassia amara, of tropical America, having wood with a bitter taste. Also called bitterwood. A prepared form of the heartwood of these trees, used as an insecticide and in medicine as a tonic to ...
— The Veterinarian • Chas. J. Korinek


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