Crossword clues for bitterwood
bitterwood
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
n. quassia
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 quassia [syn: Jamaica quassia, Picrasma excelsa, Picrasma excelsum]
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 [syn: paradise tree, Simarouba glauca]
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.