Associations to the word «Quassia»

QUASSIA, noun. Any of several tropic trees, of the genus Quassia, having scarlet flowers.

QUASSIA, noun. The bitter substance quassin extracted from its bark.

QUASSIA, noun. 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.

QUASSIA, 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.