Found 2 items, similar to bitterwood.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: bitterwood bitterwood n 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 bark [syn: quassia, Quassia amara] 2: West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia [syn: Jamaica quassia , Picrasma excelsa, Picrasma 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 fruits [syn: paradise tree , Simarouba glauca]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Bitterwood Bitterwood \Bit"ter*wood`\, n. A West Indian tree (Picr[ae]na excelsa) from the wood of which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained. [1913 Webster]