bitterwood

noun

1. 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

   Synonym:    paradise treeSimarouba glauca

2. West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia

   Synonym:    Jamaica quassiaPicrasma excelsaPicrasma excelsum

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

   Synonym:    quassiaQuassia amara