Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Picrasma — noun small genus of deciduous trees of tropical America and Asia • Syn: ↑genus Picrasma • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Simaroubaceae, ↑family Simaroubaceae, ↑quassia family … Useful english dictionary
Picrasma excelsa — noun West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia • Syn: ↑Jamaica quassia, ↑bitterwood, ↑Picrasma excelsum • Hypernyms: ↑bitterwood tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Picrasma, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
genus Picrasma — noun small genus of deciduous trees of tropical America and Asia • Syn: ↑Picrasma • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Simaroubaceae, ↑family Simaroubaceae, ↑quassia family … Useful english dictionary
Jamaica quassia — noun 1. similar to the extract from Quassia amara • Hypernyms: ↑quassia • Substance Holonyms: ↑bitterwood, ↑Picrasma excelsa, ↑Picrasma excelsum 2. West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia • Syn: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
bitterwood — noun 1. 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 • Syn: ↑quassia, ↑Quassia amara • Hypernyms: ↑bitterwood… … Useful english dictionary
bitterwood tree — noun any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Hyponyms: ↑marupa, ↑Simarouba amara, ↑paradise tree, ↑bitterwood, ↑Simarouba glauca, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
picrasmin — pikˈrazmə̇n noun ( s) Etymology: New Latin Picrasma (genus name of the bitterwood Picrasma excelsum from Greek pikrasmos bitterness, from pikros bitter) + International Scientific Vocabulary in : a bitter crystalline principle C22H28O6 occurring… … Useful english dictionary
