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Noun: Jamaica quassia
  1. West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
    "Jamaica quassia bark is traditionally used as a medicinal bitter";
    - bitterwood, Picrasma excelsa, Picrasma excelsum
     
  2. Similar to the extract from Quassia amara

Type of: bitterwood tree, quassia

Part of: genus Picrasma, Picrasma