jamaica bitter-wood
1Jamaica — /jeuh may keuh/, n. 1. an island in the West Indies, S of Cuba. 4413 sq. mi. (11,430 sq. km). 2. a republic coextensive with this island: formerly a British colony; became independent in 1962, retaining membership in the Commonwealth of Nations.… …
2jamaica walnut — noun Usage: usually capitalized J : a small Jamaican tree (Picrodendron baccatum) with hard heavy strong dark olive to nearly black very bitter waxy wood and a fruit that is a drupe with thin bitter flesh, woody endocarp, and a rugose seed …
3picrodendron — ˌpikrōˈdendrən noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from picr + dendron : a small genus of West Indian trees and shrubs (family Simaroubaceae) with bitter wood, 3 foliolate leaves, and dioecious flowers see jamaica walnut …
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6bitterwood — noun 1. 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 • Hypernyms: ↑bitterwood… …
7Sapindales — ▪ plant order Introduction order of dicotyledonous flowering plants, containing 9 families, about 460 genera, and some 5,700 species of shrubs, woody vines, and trees. It includes the Citrus genus and other species important for their fruits.… …
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