| 1. bitterwood [ Synonyms: quassia, quassia amara] | |
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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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| 2. bitterwood [ Synonyms: jamaica quassia, picrasma excelsa, picrasma excelsum] | |
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West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
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| 3. bitterwood [ Synonyms: paradise tree, simarouba glauca] | |
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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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