JAMAICA QUASSIA
Dictionary entry overview: What does Jamaica quassia mean?
• JAMAICA QUASSIA (noun)
The noun JAMAICA QUASSIA has 2 senses:
1. similar to the extract from Quassia amara
2. West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
Familiarity information: JAMAICA QUASSIA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• JAMAICA QUASSIA (noun)
Meaning:
Similar to the extract from Quassia amara
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("Jamaica quassia" is a kind of...):
quassia (a bitter compound used as an insecticide and tonic and vermifuge; extracted from the wood and bark of trees of the genera Quassia and Picrasma)
Holonyms ("Jamaica quassia" is a substance of...):
bitterwood; Jamaica quassia; Picrasma excelsa; Picrasma excelsum (West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia)
Meaning:
West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Picrasma excelsa; Picrasma excelsum; bitterwood; Jamaica quassia
Hypernyms ("Jamaica quassia" 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 "Jamaica quassia"):
Jamaica quassia (similar to the extract from Quassia amara)
Holonyms ("Jamaica quassia" is a member of...):
genus Picrasma; Picrasma (small genus of deciduous trees of tropical America and Asia)
