bitterwood

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bitterwood

A tall bitterwood tree stands in a tropical forest with clusters of small yellow flowers.

Definition

Noun: 1. A type of tropical tree: A medium to large tree native to tropical regions of North and South America, characterized by odd-pinnate leaves, long clusters of small pale yellow flowers, and scarlet fruits. 2. A source of quassia: Any of several trees, particularly from the West Indies or South America, whose wood and bark yield a very bitter substance used in medicine and as an insecticide. This substance is known as quassia.

Examples
  • The bitterwood tree is valued for its dense, fine-grained yellowish timber.
  • The extract from bitterwood is known for its intensely bitter flavor.
  • Quassia, derived from bitterwood, has been used traditionally as a tonic and fever remedy.
Advanced Usage
  • As a modifier: The term can be used attributively to describe products or properties related to the tree.
    • The cabinet was made from bitterwood timber.
    • They prepared a bitterwood infusion.
Variants and Related Words
  • Quassia (noun): The bitter drug or extract obtained from the wood and bark of the bitterwood tree.
  • Quassia amara (noun): The scientific name for a specific species of bitterwood shrub from South America, a primary source of quassia.
  • Picrasma excelsa (noun): The scientific name for the West Indian bitterwood tree, also known as Jamaica quassia.
Synonyms
  • Quassia tree: A direct synonym emphasizing the tree as the source of quassia.
  • Bitter bark: A descriptive term referencing the tree's medicinal part.
bitterwood

A tall bitterwood tree stands in a tropical forest with clusters of small yellow flowers.

Noun
  1. 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
  2. West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
  3. 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

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