| NOUN | plant | bitterwood, quassia, Quassia amara | handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood |
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| plant | bitterwood, Jamaica quassia, Picrasma excelsa, Picrasma excelsum | West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia | |
| plant | bitterwood, paradise tree, Simarouba glauca | 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 |
| Meaning | 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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| Synonyms | quassia, Quassia amara | |
| Member of | genus Quassia | Tropical trees and shrubs with pinnate leaves and large scarlet flowers |
| Broader | bitterwood tree | Any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste |
| Spanish | quassia | |
| Meaning | West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia. | |
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| Synonyms | Jamaica quassia, Picrasma excelsa, Picrasma excelsum | |
| Member of | Picrasma, genus Picrasma | small genus of deciduous trees of tropical America and Asia |
| Broader | bitterwood tree | Any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste |
| Substances | Jamaica quassia | Similar to the extract from Quassia amara |
| Meaning | 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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| Synonyms | paradise tree, Simarouba glauca | |
| Member of | Simarouba, genus Simarouba | type genus of Simaroubaceae |
| Broader | bitterwood tree | Any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste |
| Spanish | decocción | |
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