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Yields the bitter drug quassia from its wood and bark
Answer for the clue "Yields the bitter drug quassia from its wood and bark ", 10 letters:
bitterwood
Alternative clues for the word bitterwood
- West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
- 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
- Handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood
- The paradise tree
Word definitions for bitterwood in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bitterwood \Bit"ter*wood`\, n. A West Indian tree ( Picr[ae]na excelsa ) from the wood of which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. quassia
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
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 [syn: quassia , Quassia amara ] West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica ...
Usage examples of bitterwood.
Four of us drank of our blood mixed with summer wine and bitterwood sap.
She seemed frozen in a posture of shock and rage so intense that a crow might have been tempted to peck at her face in hopes of getting a chip or two of bitterwood for its nest.
That thought sent him boldly over to the winding street called Bitterwood, and up to two manses.