Quassia amara

quas·siaa·mara

uncommon

noun

1.

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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Broader terms

bitterwood tree

Parts

genus Quassia

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Grammar

noun
singular	quassia amara
plural	quassia amaras

Nearby words

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