Bitterwood

(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:09:23

Bit"ter*wood` (?), n.

A West Indian tree (Picraena excelsa) from the wood of which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained.

 

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