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::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bitterwood, quassia amara |
| Type of | bitterwood tree |
quassia::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | organic compound |
| Has types | jamaica quassia |
