quassia

Noun
  1. A bitter compound used as an insecticide and tonic and vermifuge;
    Extracted from the wood and bark of trees of the genera Quassia and Picrasma (synset 115025042)
    is a type of: organic compound - any compound of carbon and another element or a radical
    subtypes: jamaica quassia - similar to the extract from Quassia amara
  2. 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 (synset 112739755)
    is a type of: bitterwood tree - any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste
    belongs to: genus quassia - tropical trees and shrubs with pinnate leaves and large scarlet flowers; bark is medicinal
    same as: bitterwood, quassia amara

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