bitterwood

• Substantivo que designa qualquer de várias árvores ou arbustos cuja madeira tem sabor amargo, incluindo o arbusto ou pequena árvore sul-americana de flores vermelho-vivas que produz a quássia, a árvore das Índias Ocidentais que produz a quássia-da-jamaica, e uma árvore de porte médio ou grande das regiões tropicais das Américas com folhas pinadas, longas panículas de pequenas flores amarelo-claras e frutos vermelhos.

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.

   Quássia-amarga

   • 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.

   Sinônimosquassia

2. C1formalamericanscientific

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

   Quássia-da-Jamaica

   • 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.

   Sinônimosquassia

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.

   Simarouba glauca

   • 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.