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    PICRASMA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small genus of deciduous trees of tropical America and Asiaplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Picrasma; Picrasma

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Picrasma" is a kind of...):

    rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

    Meronyms (members of "Picrasma"):

    bitterwood; Jamaica quassia; Picrasma excelsa; Picrasma excelsum (West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia)

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

    family Simaroubaceae; quassia family; Simaroubaceae (chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit)

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