Betekenis van:
bitterwood
bitterwood
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- kwassiehout
- 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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Hyperoniemen
bitterwood
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
Synoniemen
Hyperoniemen
bitterwood
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- 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