Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bitterwood

3 senses of bitterwood

Sense 1
quassia, bitterwood, Quassia amara -- (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)
       => bitterwood tree -- (any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste)

Sense 2
Jamaica quassia, bitterwood, Picrasma excelsa, Picrasma excelsum -- (West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia)
       => bitterwood tree -- (any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste)

Sense 3
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)
       => bitterwood tree -- (any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste)