quassia


Definition: Meaning of, quassia in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈkwɒʃə;ˈkwɒʃɪə;ˈkwasɪə /

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quassia quassias
  1. 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
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  2. 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 used in phrases

  • Jamaica quassia (noun)
    1. similar to the extract from Quassia amara
    2. west Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
  • Quassia amara (noun)
    1. 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
  • genus Quassia (noun)
    1. tropical trees and shrubs with pinnate leaves and large scarlet flowers; bark is medicinal
  • quassia family (noun)
    1. chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit
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