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bitterwood tree vs quassia

quassia vs bitterwood tree

bitterwood tree and quassia both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
bitterwood tree Yes No No No
quassia Yes No No No
As nouns, quassia is a hyponym of bitterwood tree; that is, quassia is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bitterwood tree:
  • bitterwood tree: any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste
  • quassia: 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 (noun) quassia (noun)
any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste 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
a bitter compound used as an insecticide and tonic and vermifuge; extracted from the wood and bark of trees of the genera Quassia and Picrasma
Difference between bitterwood tree and quassia

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