quassia

Words with a similar base: quassia

'quassia'

[quassia.n.01] as in: 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'

[quassia.n.02] as in: 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