NOUN | plant | Picrasma, genus Picrasma | small genus of deciduous trees of tropical America and Asia |
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Meaning | small genus of deciduous trees of tropical America and Asia. | |
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Synonym | genus Picrasma | |
Member of | Simaroubaceae, family Simaroubaceae, quassia family | chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit |
Members | Jamaica quassia, bitterwood, Picrasma excelsa, Picrasma excelsum | West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia |
Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
Spanish | genus picrasma, picrasma | |
Catalan | genus picrasma, picrasma |
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