jamaica quassia

Noun
  1. Similar to the extract from Quassia amara (synset 112739445)
    is a type of: quassia - 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
    substance meronym: bitterwood, jamaica quassia, picrasma excelsa, picrasma excelsum - West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
  2. West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia (synset 112739243)
    is a type of: bitterwood tree - any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste
    belongs to: genus picrasma, picrasma - small genus of deciduous trees of tropical America and Asia
    substance holonym: jamaica quassia - similar to the extract from Quassia amara
    same as: bitterwood, picrasma excelsa, picrasma excelsum

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