noun
tropical trees and shrubs with pinnate leaves and large scarlet flowers; bark is medicinal
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Simaroubaceae, ↑family Simaroubaceae, ↑quassia family
• Member Meronyms: ↑quassia, ↑bitterwood, ↑Quassia amara
Useful english dictionary. 2012.