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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
Sense 1
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)
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