quassia
noun
- a tropical American shrub or small tree (Quassia amara) having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a fine-grained, yellowish-white wood
- the wood of Quassia amara
- a drug from the heartwood and bark of various tropical trees of the ailanthus family used especially as a bitter tonic and remedy for roundworms in children and as an insecticide
- any plant of the genus Quassia
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒʃ(i)ə/ / /ˈkwasi.ə/ / /ˈkwɑʃə/
noun
Etymology: From the genus name translingual Quassia, named after Surinamese physician and botanist Graman Quassi.
- Any of several tropic trees, of the genus Quassia, having scarlet flowers.
- The bitter substance quassin extracted from its bark.