quassia

See also: Quassia

English

Quassia amara

Etymology

From the genus name translingual Quassia, named after Surinamese physician and botanist Graman Quassi.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɒʃ(i)ə/, /ˈkwasi.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɑʃə/, /ˈkwɑsi.ə/

Noun

quassia (plural quassias)

1. Any of several tropic trees, of the genus Quassia, having scarlet flowers.
2. The bitter substance quassin extracted from its bark.

Translations

any of several tropic trees, of the genus Quassia, having scarlet flowers

• Bulgarian: квасия f (kvasija)
• French: quassia (fr) m
• Italian: quassia (it) f
• Tagalog: kuwasya
• Turkish: acı ağaç (tr), kavasya (tr)

the bitter substance quassin extracted from its bark

• Tagalog: kuwasya

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

quassia m (plural quassias)

1. quassia

Descendants

• → Turkish: kavasya

Further reading

• “quassia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.