| English noun: bitterwood | |||
| 1. | bitterwood (plant) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | quassia, Quassia amara | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bitterwood tree | ||
| Member meronym | genus Quassia | ||
| 2. | bitterwood (plant) West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia | ||
| Synonyms | Jamaica quassia, Picrasma excelsa, Picrasma excelsum | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bitterwood tree | ||
| Member meronym | genus Picrasma, Picrasma | ||
| Substance holonym | Jamaica quassia | ||
| 3. | bitterwood (plant) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | paradise tree, Simarouba glauca | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bitterwood tree | ||
| Member meronym | genus Simarouba, Simarouba | ||