Noun
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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
- paradise tree - simarouba glauca -
West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
- jamaica quassia - picrasma excelsa - picrasma excelsum -
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
- quassia amara