Home › Words › S › stavewoodstavewoodstavewood means simarouba amara or Quassia amara, a tall tree of tropical America, one of the trees that yield quassia.EtymologyFrom stave + wood.nounSimarouba amara or Quassia amara, a tall tree of tropical America, one of the trees that yield quassia.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.bitterwood 71% match — quassia (Quassia amara) vs stavewood →amazique 59% match — An African tree of the genus Guibourtia vs stavewood →blockwood 58% match — Wood of Haematoxylum campechianum, a tree from Mexico. vs stavewood →quamwood 58% match — Synonym of Brazilian firetree. vs stavewood →shittimwood 57% match — Wood of the shittim (Vachelia seval). vs stavewood →sabicu 57% match — a West Indian tree Lysiloma sabicu vs stavewood →cachibou 56% match — The tree Bursera simaruba. vs stavewood →quixabeira 56% match — The South American tree Sideroxylon obtusifolium. vs stavewood →