English > bitterwood tree: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste. |
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| Member of | Simaroubaceae, family Simaroubaceae, quassia family | chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit |
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| Narrower | Jamaica quassia, bitterwood, Picrasma excelsa, Picrasma excelsum | West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia |
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| marupa, Simarouba amara | Tree of the Amazon valley yielding a light brittle timber locally regarded as resistant to insect attack |
| paradise tree, bitterwood, 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 |
| quassia, bitterwood, Quassia amara | handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood |
| Broader | tree | A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown |
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