quassin

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Etymology

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quassia +‎ -in

Noun

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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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