HyperDic: quassia

English > 2 senses of the word quassia:
NOUNsubstancequassiaa bitter compound used as an insecticide and tonic and vermifuge
plantquassia, bitterwood, Quassia amarahandsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood
quassia > pronunciation
Soundskwaa'shiyah
RhymesAbyssinia ... zinnia: 217 rhymes with iyah...
English > quassia: 2 senses > noun 1, substance
MeaningA bitter compound used as an insecticide and tonic and vermifuge; extracted from the wood and bark of trees of the genera ... / genera Quassia and Picrasma.
NarrowerJamaica quassiaSimilar to the extract from Quassia amara
Broaderorganic compoundAny compound of carbon and another element or a radical
English > quassia: 2 senses > noun 2, plant
Meaninghandsome 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.
Synonymsbitterwood, Quassia amara
Member ofgenus QuassiaTropical trees and shrubs with pinnate leaves and large scarlet flowers
Broaderbitterwood treeAny of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste
Spanishquassia

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