bitterwoods

1. 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 barkSynonyms: Quassia amara, bitterwood, quassia

2. West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassiaSynonyms: Jamaica quassia, Picrasma excelsa, Picrasma excelsum, bitterwood

3. 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 fruitsSynonyms: Simarouba glauca, bitterwood, paradise tree