quassia_amara (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *Quassia amara*:
NOUN	plant	Quassia amara, quassia, bitterwood	handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood

English > *Quassia amara*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	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, bitterwood
Member of	genus Quassia	Tropical trees and shrubs with pinnate leaves and large scarlet flowers
Broader	bitterwood tree	Any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste
Spanish	quassia

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