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    PICRASMA EXCELSA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassiaplay

    Synonyms:

    bitterwood; Jamaica quassia; Picrasma excelsa; Picrasma excelsum

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    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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