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English → English (gcide) Definition: Simaruba amara Stavewood \Stave"wood`\ (st[=a]v"w[oo^]d`), n. (Bot.) A tall tree (Simaruba amara) growing in tropical America. It is one of the trees which yields quassia. [1913 Webster] 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]