picrasmin

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 in Jamaica quassia

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  • picrasmin — pic·ras·min …   English syllables

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