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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 | ||
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bitterwood, quassia, Quassia amara | handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood; 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 ❲Quassia amara❳ |