bitterwood tree

1. 1.

   any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste

   Broadertree

   Narrowermarupaparadise treeJamaica quassiaquassia

   Part ofSimaroubaceae

Questions about bitterwood tree

What does bitterwood tree mean?

bitterwood tree means "any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste".

Is bitterwood tree a common word?

bitterwood tree is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.