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
English: paradise tree, bitterwood, Simarouba glauca
bitterwoodEnglish
bitterwood, Jamaica quassia, Picrasma excelsa, Picrasma excelsum, Quassia amara
Noun
West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
English: Jamaica quassia, bitterwood, Picrasma excelsa, Picrasma excelsum
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
English: quassia, bitterwood, Quassia amara