noun
Meaning 1
quassia (Quassia amara)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bitterwood
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noun
Meaning 2
Jamaica quassia (Picrasma excelsa), native to the Caribbean
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
Paradise tree (Simarouba glauca), native to Florida, the Caribbean and Central America
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: paradise tree, Simarouba glauca
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bitterwood tree
noun
Meaning 5
West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Jamaica quassia, Picrasma excelsa, Picrasma excelsum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bitterwood tree
noun
Meaning 6
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: quassia, Quassia amara
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bitterwood tree
History
Etymology
From bitter + wood.