A tropical American shrub or small tree(Quassia amara) having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable, lustrous, fine-grained, yellowish-white wood.

• 苦木一种热带美洲灌木或小树（苦木苦木属），开鲜艳的猩红色花，所产木材珍贵、有光泽、细质、呈黄白色