BITTERWOOD

Meaning of BITTERWOOD in English

noun a west indian tree (picraena excelsa) from the wood of which the bitter drug jamaica quassia is obtained.

Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

BITTERWOOD — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) 1. a. : a West Indian tree ( Picrasma excelsum ) of the family Simaroubaceae …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BITTERWOOD — (n.) A West Indian tree (Picraena excelsa) from the wood of which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained.
Английский словарь Webster
BITTERWOOD — ( n. ) A West Indian tree (Picraena excelsa) from the wood of which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BITTERWOOD — /bit"euhr wood'/ , n. 1. any of various chiefly tropical trees having wood with a bitter taste, as Vatairea lundelii …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BITTERWOOD — квассия горькая (Quassia amara)
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BITTERWOOD — квассия горькая ( Quassia amara )
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PICRASMIN — pikˈrazmə̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin Picrasma (genus name of the bitterwood Picrasma excelsum — from Greek pikrasmos …
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JAMAICA QUASSIA — noun Usage: usually capitalized J 1. : bitterwood 1a 2. : quassia obtained from bitterwood
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BITTER ASH — noun 1. : bitterwood 1a 2. : wahoo II a
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QUASSIA — /kwosh"euh, -ee euh/ , n. 1. a shrub or small tree, Quassia amara, of tropical America, having pinnate leaves, showy …
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