Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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bitterwood | Yes | No | No | No |
genus Quassia | Yes | No | No | No |
bitterwood (noun) | genus Quassia (noun) |
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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 | tropical trees and shrubs with pinnate leaves and large scarlet flowers; bark is medicinal |
West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia | |
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 |