Synonyms for Bitterwood (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (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
WordNet sense 2 (West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia):
Jamaica quassia, Picrasma excelsa, Picrasma excelsum
WordNet sense 3 (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
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