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Quassia amara

Quassia amara Meaning & Definition
Quassia amara Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Quassia amara?

[n] 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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Quassia amara: bitterwood | quassia

Related Terms | Find terms related to Quassia amara:

See Also | bitterwood tree | genus Quassia

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