Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun jamaica_quassia

2 senses of jamaica quassia

Sense 1
Jamaica quassia -- (similar to the extract from Quassia amara)
       => 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)

Sense 2
Jamaica quassia, bitterwood, Picrasma excelsa, Picrasma excelsum -- (West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia)
       => bitterwood tree -- (any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste)