jamaica quassia

1. 1.

   similar to the extract from Quassia amara

   Broaderquassia
2. 2.

   West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia

   SynonymsbitterwoodPicrasma excelsaPicrasma excelsum

   Broaderbitterwood tree

   Part ofPicrasma

Questions about jamaica quassia

What does jamaica quassia mean?

jamaica quassia means "similar to the extract from Quassia amara". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for jamaica quassia?

Close synonyms include bitterwood, Picrasma excelsa, Picrasma excelsum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jamaica quassia a common word?

jamaica quassia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.