Word
Bitterwood
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
bit-ter-wood
Definition
- n. - A West Indian tree (Picraena excelsa) from the wood of
which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained.
- noun - 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
- noun - West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
- noun - 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
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