sassy bark

== English == === Noun === sassy bark (uncountable) The bark of a West African leguminous tree (Erythrophleum suaveolens), known as the ordeal tree. It was known to be used as a poison in a process called sassywood, and also medicinally. ==== Synonyms ==== Mancona bark ==== Related terms ==== sassy tree === References === “sassy bark”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.