bitterwood

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

bitterwood
    n 1: handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright
         scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained
         yellowish wood; yields the bitter drug quassia from its
         wood and bark [syn: {quassia}, {bitterwood}, {Quassia
         amara}]
    2: West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia [syn:
       {Jamaica quassia}, {bitterwood}, {Picrasma excelsa},
       {Picrasma excelsum}]
    3: medium to large tree of tropical North and South America
       having odd-pinnate leaves and long panicles of small pale
       yellow flowers followed by scarlet fruits [syn: {paradise
       tree}, {bitterwood}, {Simarouba glauca}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bitterwood \Bit"ter*wood`\, n.
   A West Indian tree ({Picr[ae]na excelsa}) from the wood of
   which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained.
   [1913 Webster]