bitterwood

bitterwood has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 10.

Definitions

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