QUASSIA


Meaning of QUASSIA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkwä-shə ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, genus name of a South American tree, from Quassi 18th century Surinam slave who discovered the medicinal value of quassia

Date: 1770

: a drug from the heartwood and bark of various tropical trees of the ailanthus family used especially as a bitter tonic and remedy for roundworms in children and as an insecticide

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