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Webster 1913 Edition

Quassia

Quas′si-a

,
Noun.
[NL. From the name of a negro,
Quassy
, or
Quash
, who prescribed this article as a specific.]
The wood of several tropical American trees of the order
Simarubeæ
, as
Quassia amara
,
Picræna excelsa
, and
Simaruba amara
. It is intensely bitter, and is used in medicine and sometimes as a substitute for hops in making beer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Quassia

QUAS'SIA

,
Noun.
A plant, or rather a genus of plants of three species, the amara, simaruba, and excelsa or polygama, natives of South America and of some of the isles of the West Indies, and possessing valuable medicinal qualities.

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quassia

quassia

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English

Quassia amara

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Noun

quassia ‎(plural quassias)

  1. Any of several tropic trees, of the genus Quassia, having scarlet flowers.
  2. The bitter substance quassin extracted from its bark.

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