Simplified Chinese Meaning of bitterwood

苦木

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Definitions and Meaning of bitterwood in English

Wordnet

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

Webster

bitterwood (n.)

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

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苦木

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 => 苦草, bittersweet nightshade => 甜苦茄, bittersweet chocolate => 甜苦巧克力, bittersweet => 苦乐参半, bitters => 苦味利口酒,