nnoun.substancea bitter compound used as an insecticide and tonic and vermifuge; extracted from the wood and bark of trees of the genera Quassia and PicrasmaHypernyms:organic compound
Inherited Hypernyms:quassiaorganic compoundcompoundchemicalmaterialsubstancematterphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:quassiaorganic compoundcompoundchemicalmaterialsubstancepartrelationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:Jamaica quassia
Full Hyponyms:jamaica quassia
nnoun.planthandsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood; yields the bitter drug quassia from its wood and barkSynset:Quassia amara bitterwood
Member Holonyms:genus Quassia
Hypernyms:bitterwood tree
Inherited Hypernyms:quassiabitterwood treetreewoody plantvascular plantplantorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity