Quassia definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary QUAS'SIA, n. A plant ... from the wood and bark of trees of the genera Quassia and Picrasma 2: handsome South American shrub or small tree ... a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood; yields the bitter drug quassia from its wood and bark [syn: quassia, bitterwood, Quassia amara] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: New Latin, genus name ... 18th century Surinam slave who discovered the medicinal value of quassia Date: 1770 a drug from the heartwood and bark ...
Quassia amara definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: handsome ... a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood; yields the bitter drug quassia from its wood and bark [syn: quassia, bitterwood, Quassia amara] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Quassia Quas"si*a, n. [NL. From the name of a ... several tropical American trees of the order Simarube[ae], as Quassia amara, Picr[ae]na excelsa, and Simaruba amara. It ...
Jamaica quassia definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: similar to the extract from Quassia amara 2: West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia [syn: Jamaica quassia, bitterwood, Picrasma excelsa, Picrasma excelsum]
quassia family definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: chiefly ... dry usually one-seeded winged fruit [syn: Simaroubaceae, family Simaroubaceae, quassia family]
... a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood; yields the bitter drug quassia from its wood and bark [syn: quassia, bitterwood, Quassia amara] 2: West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia [syn: Jamaica quassia, bitterwood, Picrasma excelsa, Picrasma excelsum] 3: medium to large tree ... excelsa) from the wood of which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained.
... tropical America. It is one of the trees which yields quassia. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Quassia Quas"si*a, n. [NL. From the name of a ... several tropical American trees of the order Simarube[ae], as Quassia amara, Picr[ae]na excelsa, and Simaruba amara. It is ...
Picraena excelsa definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Quassia Quas"si*a, n. [NL. From the name of a ... several tropical American trees of the order Simarube[ae], as Quassia amara, Picr[ae]na excelsa, and Simaruba amara. It is ... excelsa) from the wood of which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained.
... 1913 Dictionary Quassin Quas"sin, n. [Cf. F. quassine. See Quassia.] (Chem.) The bitter principle of quassia, extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- formerly called quassite. [Written ...
... 1913 Dictionary Quassin Quas"sin, n. [Cf. F. quassine. See Quassia.] (Chem.) The bitter principle of quassia, extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- formerly called quassite. [Written ...
... 1913 Dictionary Quassin Quas"sin, n. [Cf. F. quassine. See Quassia.] (Chem.) The bitter principle of quassia, extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- formerly called quassite. [Written ...
... 1913 Dictionary Quassin Quas"sin, n. [Cf. F. quassine. See Quassia.] (Chem.) The bitter principle of quassia, extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- formerly called quassite. [Written ...