Quassia amara

Definitions of Quassia amara

1. noun

   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
   synonyms: bitterwood, quassia

   type of:

   bitterwood tree

   any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste