[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

quassia \quas"sia\, n. nl. from the name of a negro, quassy,
   or quash, who prescribed this article as a specific.
   the wood of several tropical american trees of the order
   simarubeae, as quassia amara, picraena excelsa, and
   simaruba amara. it is intensely bitter, and is used in
   medicine and sometimes as a substitute for hops in making
   beer.
   1913 webster
see also:
simarubeae quassia amara picraena excelsa simaruba amara 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

quassia
     n 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
     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 syn: bitterwood, quassia amara
see also:
bitterwood quassia amara 

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