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bitterwood

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bit-ter-wood
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

quassia (Quassia amara)

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Jamaica quassia (Picrasma excelsa), native to the Caribbean

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From bitter + wood.

Usage

Inflected Forms

bitterwoods (plural)

Synonyms

quassia wood Surinam quassia bitter ash Jamaica quassiawood paradise tree simarouba glauca jamaica quassia picrasma excelsa picrasma excelsum

Questions

What does bitterwood mean?
quassia (Quassia amara)
Where does bitterwood come from?
From bitter + wood.

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