PICRASMA EXCELSUM Synonyms
There is 1 hypernym of the phrase picrasma excelsum. (close relations)
Definition of PICRASMA EXCELSUM
Best Alternative Words for PICRASMA EXCELSUM
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bitterwood | ||||||||
noun • handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood; yields the bitter drug quassia from its wood and bark • West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia • medium to large tree of tropical North and South America having odd-pinnate leaves and long panicles of small pale yellow flowers followed by scarlet fruits | ||||||||
jamaica quassia | nounn | |||||||
noun • similar to the extract from Quassia amara • West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia | ||||||||
quassia | nounn | |||||||
noun • a bitter compound used as an insecticide and tonic and vermifuge; extracted from the wood and bark of trees of the genera Quassia and Picrasma • handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood; yields the bitter drug quassia from its wood and bark | ||||||||
picrasma excelsa | nounn | |||||||
noun • West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia |