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type genus of Simaroubaceae; tropical American trees and shrubs having a pale soft wood and bitter bark

: a genus (the type of the family Simaroubaceae) of tropical American shrubs and trees with odd-pinnate leaves, pale light soft wood, bitter bark sometimes used medicinally, and clustered thin-fleshed drupes — see marupa, paradise tree

/sim'euh rooh"beuh/, n.

1. any tropical American tree belonging to the genus Simaruba, of the quassia family, having pinnate leaves, a fleshy fruit, and a root whose bark contains an appetite stimulant.

2. the bark of this family of trees and shrubs.

Also, simaruba.

[1745-55; < F < Carib simaruba]