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: ↑bitterwood, ↑Picrasma excelsa, ↑Picrasma excelsum
• Hypernyms: ↑bitterwood tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Picrasma, ↑genus Picrasma
* * *
nounUsage: usually capitalized J
1. : bitterwood 1a
2. : quassia obtained from bitterwood
Useful english dictionary. 2012.