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Meaning of QUASSIA AMARA

 
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 Definition: 
[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: bitterwood, quassia
 
 See Also: bitterwood tree, genus Quassia

 

 

 

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