quassia family

Definitions of quassia family
  1. noun
    chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit
    synonyms: Simaroubaceae, family Simaroubaceae
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    type of:
    rosid dicot family
    a family of dicotyledonous plants
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