Synonyms of bitterwood

Noun

1. quassia, bitterwood, Quassia amara, bitterwood tree

usage: 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

2. Jamaica quassia, bitterwood, Picrasma excelsa, Picrasma excelsum, bitterwood tree

usage: West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia

3. paradise tree, bitterwood, Simarouba glauca, bitterwood tree

usage: 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

Definition and meaning of bitterwood (Dictionary)