picrasmin
noun
pic·ras·min
pikˈrazmə̇n
plural -s
: a bitter crystalline principle C22H28O6 occurring in Jamaica quassia
Word History
Etymology
New Latin Picrasma (genus name of the bitterwood Picrasma excelsum —from Greek pikrasmos bitterness, from pikros bitter) + International Scientific Vocabulary -in
- like a man/woman possessed
- like a maniac
- like a shot
- like a ton of bricks
- like a woman possessed
- like an oven
- like anything
- like as
- like as not
- like clockwork
- like crap
- like crazy
- like death warmed over
- like death warmed up
- like dishwater
- like gangbusters
- like greased lightning
- like heaven
- like hell
- like hotcakes
- like I said
- like it or lump it
- like lightning
- like mad
- like magic