Australian English Meaning of bitterwood
bitterwood
Other Australian English words related to bitterwood
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Nearest Words of bitterwood
- bitterweed => Bitterweed
- bittersweet nightshade => Bittersweet nightshade
- bittersweet chocolate => Bittersweet chocolate
- bittersweet => Bittersweet
- bitters => bitters
- bitterroot => bitterroot
- bitternut hickory => Shellbark hickory
- bitternut => Bitternut hickory
- bitterness => bitterness
- bittern => Bittern
Definitions and Meaning of bitterwood in English
bitterwood (n)
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
West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
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 (n.)
A West Indian tree (Picraena excelsa) from the wood of which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained.
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bitterwood
handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood; yields the bitter drug quassia fr
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bitterweed => Bitterweed, bittersweet nightshade => Bittersweet nightshade, bittersweet chocolate => Bittersweet chocolate, bittersweet => Bittersweet, bitters => bitters,
