What is the meaning of quassia amara?

Noun

  • (n.) quassia, bitterwood, Quassia amara (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).
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