| 释义 |
Noun: bitterwood- 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
- quassia, Quassia amara - West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
- Jamaica quassia, 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
- paradise tree, Simarouba glauca
Derived forms: bitterwoods Type of: bitterwood tree Part of: genus Picrasma, genus Quassia, genus Simarouba, Picrasma, Simarouba Encyclopedia: Bitterwood |