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Jamaica quassia

DEFINITIONS OF: Jamaica quassia

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n West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia

Synonyms:
Picrasma excelsa, Picrasma excelsum, bitterwood
Type of:
bitterwood tree
any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste

n similar to the extract from Quassia amara

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
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