bitterwood

Noun (3)

1. 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 barkSynonyms: quassiaQuassia amara
2. West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassiaSynonyms: Jamaica quassiaPicrasma excelsaPicrasma excelsum
3. 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 fruitsSynonyms: paradise treeSimarouba glauca