| quassia | The wood of several tropical American trees of the order Simarubeae, as Quassia amara, Picraena excelsa, and Simaruba amara. It is intensely bitter, and is used in medicine and sometimes as a substitute for hops in making beer. Origin: NL. From the name of a negro, Quassy, or Quash, who prescribed this article as a specific. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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Synonyms : Quassia amara
| Quassia |
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 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
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| quassia | handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood |
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| quassia | a bitter compound used as an insecticide and tonic and vermifuge |
| quassia | handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood |
| quassia | chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit |
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