单词 | bitterwood tree |
释义 | bitterwood tree (extremely rare) n WORD FAMILY bitterwood tree n any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste Hypo|Hyper Simarouba amara, marupa tree of the Amazon valley yielding a light brittle timber locally regarded as resistant to insect attack Simarouba glauca, bitterwood, paradise treemedium 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 Jamaica quassia, Picrasma excelsa, Picrasma excelsum, bitterwoodWest Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia Quassia amara, bitterwood, quassiahandsome 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 tree a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms |
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