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Definition: Picraena excelsa
Quassia
\Quas"si*a\, n. [NL. From the name of a negro, Quassy,
or Quash, who prescribed this article as a specific.]
The wood of several tropical American trees of the order
Simarube[ae], as
Quassia amara,
Picr[ae]na excelsa, and
Simaruba amara. It is intensely bitter, and is used in
medicine and sometimes as a substitute for hops in making
beer.
[1913 Webster]
Bitterwood
\Bit"ter*wood`\, n.
A West Indian tree (
Picr[ae]na excelsa) from the wood of
which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained.
[1913 Webster]
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