Picoides1 (pikoidez)

[NL. (Lacépède, 1801), [NL. (Lindley, 1849), rubeæ, characterized by its four or five stamens without hairs, four or five petals not increasing in size, a four or five-lobed disk, and solitary seeds without albumen. The 3 species are na tives of tropical America. They resemble the a i lant us tree in habit, bearing alternate pinnate leaves, and cymose panicles of greenish flowers, followed by small drupes resembling peas. Their wood is whitish or yellow, and extremely bitter. See bitter - wood, 2, bitter ash (under ash1 ), and qua ia. Picramnia (pik-ram'ni-ä), n. [NL. (Swartz, 1797), der bark2 ), also macary - bitter, majoe - bitter, old- woman's bitter, and Tom - Bontryin's - bush. Picramnieæ (pik-ram-ni'ē-ē), n. pl. [NL. (Bentham and Hooker, 1862), picrate (pik'rāt), n: [ picrated (pik'ra-ted), a. [ picric (pik'rik), a. [