JAMAICA QUASSIA Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the phrase jamaica quassia. (close relations)
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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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| picrasma excelsum | ||||||
noun • West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia | ||||||
