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bitterwood

noun

Etymology

From bitter + wood.

  1. derived from *h₁weydʰh₁-✻
  2. inherited from *widuz✻
  3. inherited from *widu✻
  4. inherited from wudu
  5. inherited from wode
  6. compounded as bitterwood — “bitter + wood”

Definitions

  1. quassia (Quassia amara)

  2. Jamaica quassia (Picrasma excelsa), native to the Caribbean

  3. Paradise tree (Simarouba glauca), native to Florida, the Caribbean and Central America

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA