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英英字典: quassia


KK Pronunciation

〔 `kwɑʃIә, `kwɑʃә 〕

Pronunciation

〔 ˋkwɒʃә 〕


Overview of noun quassia

The noun quassia has 2 senses


  • quassia -- (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)

  • quassia, bitterwood, Quassia amara -- (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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