PICRASMA EXCELSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Picrasma excelsa mean? 

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

1. West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PICRASMA EXCELSA (noun)

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Meaning:

West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bitterwood; Jamaica quassia; Picrasma excelsa; Picrasma excelsum

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)