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PICRASMA EXCELSUM

Dictionary entry overview: What does Picrasma excelsum mean?

• PICRASMA EXCELSUM (noun)
The noun PICRASMA EXCELSUM has 1 sense:

1. West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia

Familiarity information: PICRASMA EXCELSUM used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PICRASMA EXCELSUM (noun)

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Meaning:

West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Picrasma excelsa; Picrasma excelsum; bitterwood; Jamaica quassia

Hypernyms ("Picrasma excelsum" 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 excelsum"):

Jamaica quassia (similar to the extract from Quassia amara)

Holonyms ("Picrasma excelsum" is a member of...):

genus Picrasma; Picrasma (small genus of deciduous trees of tropical America and Asia)

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