QUASSIA AMARA
\kwˈaʃəɹ amˈɑːɹə], \kwˈaʃəɹ amˈɑːɹə], \k_w_ˈa_ʃ_ə_ɹ a_m_ˈɑː_ɹ_ə]\
Definitions of QUASSIA AMARA
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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
By Princeton University
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