Definitions for quassia amara

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  1. quassia, bitterwood, Quassia amara(noun)

    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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