Jamaica quassia

Definitions of Jamaica quassia
  1. noun
    West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
    synonyms: Picrasma excelsa, Picrasma excelsum, bitterwood
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    bitterwood tree
    any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste
  2. noun
    similar to the extract from Quassia amara
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    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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