quassia
英[\'kwɒʃə; \'kwɒʃɪə; \'kwæsɪə]
美[\'kwɒʃə]
英英释义
Noun1. 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