Bitterwood

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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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

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Senses

2 more senses beyond the canonical

Wordset Dictionary

West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia

Wordset Dictionary

handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood

Classifications

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Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

4 surface forms

synonym: paradise tree
plural: Bitterwoods
possessive: Bitterwood's
pluralpossessive: Bitterwoods'

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