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Quassia   Listen
noun
Quassia  n.  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.





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... mention in passing that tobacco is quite fatal to almost all insects, a fact which I present gratuitously to the blowers of counterblasts, who are at liberty to make whatever use they choose of it. Quassia and aloes are also well-known preventives of ...
— Falling in Love - With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science • Grant Allen


Words linked to "Quassia" :   Jamaica quassia, quassia family, organic compound, bitterwood, genus Quassia, Quassia amara


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