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. Synonyms: quassia, Quassia amara.
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Words linked to "Bitterwood" : Picrasma excelsum, Picrasma, genus Simarouba, genus Quassia, genus Picrasma, Picrasma excelsa, Simarouba |
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