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Bitterwood   Listen
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Bitterwood  n.  A West Indian tree (Picraena excelsa) from the wood of which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained.





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"Bitterwood" Quotes from Famous Books



... Quassia amara, of tropical America, having wood with a bitter taste. Also called bitterwood. A prepared form of the heartwood of these trees, used as an insecticide and in medicine as a tonic to ...
— The Veterinarian • Chas. J. Korinek


Words linked to "Bitterwood" :   Picrasma, genus Picrasma, Quassia amara, genus Quassia, quassia, genus Simarouba, Picrasma excelsum, paradise tree, Simarouba glauca, Jamaica quassia


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