Quassia Amara

Definition: Quassia Amara

Quassia Amara

Noun

1. 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.

Specialty Definition: Quassia Amara

Domain	Definition
Botanical	An infusion of the wood in alcohol is used in Panama as a febrifuge and in liver and snakebite remedies (!). Some Negroes believe that drinking the bitter tea will prevent snakebite. (references)
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Crosswords: Quassia Amara

English words defined with "Quassia amara": Jamaica quassia. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Quassia Amara" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (Bitter wood, Quassia).

Anagrams: Quassia Amara

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-a-a-i-m-q-r-s-s-u"
	-4 letters: samurais.
	-5 letters: amusias, aquaria, asarums, asramas, marquis, quasars, quassia, samaras, samsara, samurai, squirms.
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