bitterwood

bitterwood
noun
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
• Syn: ↑quassia, ↑Quassia amara
• Hypernyms: ↑bitterwood tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Quassia
2. West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
• Hypernyms: ↑bitterwood tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Picrasma, ↑genus Picrasma
• Substance Meronyms: ↑Jamaica quassia
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
• Hypernyms: ↑bitterwood tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Simarouba, ↑genus Simarouba

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun (-s)
1.
a. : a West Indian tree (Picrasma excelsum) of the family Simaroubaceae that yields Jamaica quassia
2. : quassia 2

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/bit"euhr wood'/, n.
1. any of various chiefly tropical trees having wood with a bitter taste, as Vatairea lundelii or Simarouba glauca.
2. quassia.
[BITTER + WOOD1]

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bittˈerwood noun
Any of various trees, esp of the family Simarubaceae
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Main Entry: ↑bitter

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  • Bitterwood — Bit ter*wood , n. A West Indian tree ({Picr[ae]na excelsa}) from the wood of which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bitterwood — kartusis musmedis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Simarubinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, prieskoninis, vaistinis augalas (Quassia amara), paplitęs Pietų Amerikoje. Iš jo gaminami maisto priedai (kvėpikliai). atitikmenys: lot. Quassia amara;… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • bitterwood — išlakusis kartminas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Simarubinių šeimos prieskoninis, vaistinis augalas (Picrasma excelsa), paplitęs Pietų Amerikoje. Iš jo gaminami maisto priedai (kvėpikliai). atitikmenys: lot. Picrasma excelsa; Quassia… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • bitterwood — kartusis simarubis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Simarubinių šeimos medieninis, pluoštinis, vaistinis augalas (Simarouba amara), paplitęs Pietų Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Simarouba amara angl. bitterwood pranc. bois blanc isp. maruba;… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • bitterwood — melsvasis simarubis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Simarubinių šeimos vaistinis, aliejinis, maistinis, medieninis augalas (Simarouba glauca), paplitęs Šiaurės ir Pietų Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Simarouba glauca angl. bitterwood;… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • bitterwood tree — noun any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Hyponyms: ↑marupa, ↑Simarouba amara, ↑paradise tree, ↑bitterwood, ↑Simarouba glauca, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • bitterwood — /bit euhr wood /, n. 1. any of various chiefly tropical trees having wood with a bitter taste, as Vatairea lundelii or Simarouba glauca. 2. quassia. [BITTER + WOOD1] * * * …   Universalium

  • bitterwood — bit·ter·wood (bitґər wood) Picrasma excelsa …   Medical dictionary

  • bitterwood — /ˈbɪtəwʊd/ (say bituhwood) noun 1. any tree of the tropical genus Picrasma. 2. the bitter wood of this tree, from which a substitute for quassia is prepared …  

  • Picraena excelsa — Bitterwood Bit ter*wood , n. A West Indian tree ({Picr[ae]na excelsa}) from the wood of which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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