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noun
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
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paradise tree simarouba glauca

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bitterwood tree
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West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
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jamaica quassia picrasma excelsa picrasma excelsum

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bitterwood tree
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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
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quassia quassia amara

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bitterwood tree

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