 quassia |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (chemistry) a bitter compound used as an insecticide and tonic and vermifuge; extracted from the wood and bark of trees of the genera Quassia and Picrasma | |
| Related terms: | compound organic_compound Jamaica_quassia | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (botany) handsome 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 bark | |
| Synonyms: | Quassia_amara bitterwood | |
| Related terms: | bitterwood_tree genus_Quassia | |
| Similar spelling: |
quasi quiaquia queasy Quashie quash |
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