bitterwood : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bitterwood	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for bitterwood
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bitterwood n 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, bitterwood, Quassia amara West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia Synonym(s): Jamaica quassia, bitterwood, Picrasma excelsa, Picrasma excelsum 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, bitterwood, Simarouba glauca
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bitterwood \Bit"ter*wood`\, n. A West Indian tree ({Picr[91]na excelsa}) from the wood of which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained.