Free TranslationFree Translation
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




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.



Related searches:
quassia family
Jamaica quassia
genus Quassia


WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |




Words linked to "Quassia" :   bitterwood tree, organic compound, bitterwood


Copyright © 2024 e-Free Translation.com