quassia
- noun
- /ˈkwɑːsiə/
- Specialized
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quasia
- Quassia chips are steeped in water to produce a solution used for treating intestinal worms.
Examples
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Gardeners sometimes use a quassia extract as a natural insecticide to protect plants from pests.
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The herbal tonic was flavored with quassia for its bitter taste and medicinal benefits.
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Many herbalists use quassia as a natural insecticide.
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Have you ever tried quassia as a tonic?
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Quassia chips are steeped in water to produce a solution used for treating intestinal worms.
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Gardeners sometimes use a quassia extract as a natural insecticide to protect plants from pests.
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The herbal tonic was flavored with quassia for its bitter taste and medicinal benefits.
Synonyms
A West Indian tree whose wood is used to make a bitter tonic and a natural insecticide
Compounds
- Specialized
A group of tropical trees and bushes with divided leaves and bright red flowers, some with medicinal bark
A West Indian tree whose wood is used to make a bitter tonic and a natural insecticide
- Specialized
An extract from the tree's wood used as a bitter flavoring and in herbal medicine
- Specialized
A small South American tree with bright red flowers whose bitter wood people use to kill insects and make medicines
- Specialized
A group of mainly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark and dry fruits with one seed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Quassia (the bitter substance) is named after Quassi, a healer from Suriname who showed European scientists the bark he used for medicine. Because Quassi used it as a very 'bitter' remedy, the name came to mean the bitter extract now used as a 'tonic' and as a natural insecticide.
