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bitterwood in British English
noun: any of several simaroubaceous trees of the genus Picrasma of S and SE Asia and the Caribbean, whose bitter bark and wood are used in medicine as a substitute for quassia
noun: any of various chiefly tropical trees having wood with a bitter taste, as Vatairea lundelii or Simarouba glauca

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