1. tree of the Amazon valley yielding a light brittle timber locally regarded as resistant to insect attack; [syn: marupa, Simarouba amara]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Simarouba amara
n 1: tree of the Amazon valley yielding a light brittle timber
locally regarded as resistant to insect attack [syn:
marupa, Simarouba amara]