quassin

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

quassia +‎ -in

Noun[edit]

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quassin (countable and uncountable, plural quassins)

  1. (organic chemistry) A very bitter triterpenoid lactone, extracted as white crystals from the quassia tree, used in traditional Chinese medicine

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