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Quassia   /kwˈɑʃiə/   Listen
Quassia

noun
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.
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.  Synonyms: bitterwood, Quassia amara.



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genus Quassia


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... or other preparation for the purpose of darkening the colour of worts or beer, other than brown malt, ground or unground, or shall have in his possession or use, or mix with any worts or beer any molasses, honey, liquorice, vitriol, quassia, coculus-indiae, grains of paradise, guinea-pepper or opium, or any extracts of these, or any articles or preparation whatsoever for or as a substitute for malt or hops.'' Any person contravening was liable ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia


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


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