PICRAMNIA

(Lat.), n. f. Pi2k-ra2m(ra3m)'ni2-a3. From iri<cpos, bitter. Fr., picramnie. Ger.. Bitterstrauch. Bitter-wood; a genus of the Simarubeoe. The Pic ram niece are a tribe of the Simarubece. [B, 42 (a, 35).] See also CASCARA amarga.P. antidesma. Fr., bresillet d'Amerique. Ger., langtraubiger Bitterstrauch. The macary-bitter of the West Indies, majo-bitter-tree, old woman's bitter; a bitter tonic species growing in Jamaica and Hayti, where the bark of the root and stem and the leaves are used in colic, syphilis, etc. [B, 19, 173, 180 (a, 35).] [s. 267]