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Picramnia

noun
Pic·ram·nia | \pikˈramnēə\

Definition of Picramnia 

: a genus of tropical American shrubs or trees (family Simaroubaceae) with alternate pinnate leaves, small dioecious flowers, and baccate fruit — see bitterbush

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History and Etymology for Picramnia

New Latin, irregular from picr- + Greek thamnos shrub + New Latin -ia

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