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Simarouba

noun Sim·a·rou·ba \ˌsim-ə-ˈrü-bə\

Medical Definition of SIMAROUBA

:  a genus (the type of the family Simaroubaceae) of tropical American shrubs and trees having bitter bark sometimes used medicinally—compare quassia 1

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