Quassia - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈkwɑːʃɪə|  American pronunciation of the word quassia
Brit.  |ˈkwɒʃə|  British pronunciation of the word quassia

noun

- 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
- 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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