HyperDic: picrasma_excelsa

English > 1 sense of the expression Picrasma excelsa:
NOUNplantPicrasma excelsa, Jamaica quassia, bitterwood, Picrasma excelsumWest Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
English > Picrasma excelsa: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningWest Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia.
SynonymsJamaica quassia, bitterwood, Picrasma excelsum
Member ofPicrasma, genus Picrasmasmall genus of deciduous trees of tropical America and Asia
Broaderbitterwood treeAny of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste
SubstancesJamaica quassiaSimilar to the extract from Quassia amara

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