bitterwood
bitterwood · bitterwoods
QuassiaQuassia (Quassia amara)
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)Quassia (Quassia amara)
(countable, uncountable)Jamaica quassia (Picrasma excelsa), native to the Caribbean
West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
(countable, uncountable)Paradise tree (Simarouba glauca), native to Florida, the Caribbean and Central America
Origin
From bitter + wood.From bitter + wood.
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Forms
plural: bitterwoods| Singular | bitterwood |
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Synonyms
11 synonymsQuassia amara:quassia woodSurinam quassia
Picrasma excelsa:bitter ashJamaica quassiawood
Close in meaning
- 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:paradise treeSimarouba glauca
- West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia:Jamaica quassiaPicrasma excelsaPicrasma excelsum
- 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:quassiaQuassia amara
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable