bitterwood

• اسم يشير إلى أي من عدة أشجار أو شجيرات تُعرف بخشبها شديد المرارة، ومنها شجيرة أو شجرة صغيرة أمريكية جنوبية ذات أزهار قرمزية زاهية تُعطي خشب الكواسيا، وشجرة من جزر الهند الغربية تُنتج الكواسيا الجامايكية، وشجرة متوسطة أو كبيرة من المناطق الاستوائية في أمريكا الشمالية والجنوبية ذات أوراق مركبة ريشية وثمار حمراء.

A noun referring to any of several trees or shrubs known for their bitter-tasting wood, including a South American shrub or small tree with bright scarlet flowers that yields quassia, a West Indian tree that produces Jamaica quassia, and a medium to large tree of tropical North and South America with odd-pinnate leaves, long panicles of small pale yellow flowers, and scarlet fruits.

1. Quassia amaraC1formalamericanscientific

   A small South American tree with bright red flowers, valued for its fine-grained yellowish wood and used as a source of the bitter compound quassia.

   كاسيا مُرّة

   • Bitterwood is cultivated in parts of South America for its medicinal bark.
   • The wood of the bitterwood tree is often used in fine woodworking.
   • Extracts from bitterwood have been used in traditional remedies.

   المرادفاتquassia

2. C1formalamericanscientific

   A West Indian tree that produces Jamaica quassia, a bitter substance used in medicine and as a flavoring agent.

   كاسيا جامايكا

   • Jamaica quassia is derived from the bitterwood tree found in the Caribbean.
   • Bitterwood extracts are sometimes used in herbal bitters.
   • The bark of the bitterwood is harvested for its quassia content.

   المرادفاتquassia

3. Simarouba glaucaC1formalamericanscientific

   A medium to large tropical tree native to the Americas, with compound leaves and clusters of small pale yellow flowers followed by red fruits.

   سيماروبا غلاوكا

   • The bitterwood tree produces small yellow flowers in long clusters.
   • Its bright red fruits are a distinctive feature of the bitterwood.
   • Bitterwood is sometimes planted as an ornamental tree in tropical gardens.