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PICRASMA EXCELSA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
Synonyms:
bitterwood; Jamaica quassia; Picrasma excelsa; Picrasma excelsum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Picrasma excelsa" is a kind of...):
bitterwood tree (any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste)
Meronyms (substance of "Picrasma excelsa"):
Jamaica quassia (similar to the extract from Quassia amara)
Holonyms ("Picrasma excelsa" is a member of...):
genus Picrasma; Picrasma (small genus of deciduous trees of tropical America and Asia)
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