bitterwood tree

1. Any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste (synset 112736674)
   is a type of: tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
   subtypes:

   • marupa, simarouba amara - tree of the Amazon valley yielding a light brittle timber locally regarded as resistant to insect attack
   • bitterwood, paradise tree, simarouba glauca - 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
   • bitterwood, jamaica quassia, picrasma excelsa, picrasma excelsum - West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
   • bitterwood, quassia, quassia amara - 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
   belongs to: family simaroubaceae, quassia family, simaroubaceae - chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit

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