Quassia amara meaning

UK US /ˈkwɑʃiə ɑˈmɑrə/ 6 syllables

Quassia amara (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.

Definition of Quassia amara

  1. 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: quassia, bitterwood

    Type of: bitterwood tree

How to pronounce Quassia amara

Quassia amara is pronounced /ˈkwɑʃiə ɑˈmɑrə/ in American English. It has 6 syllables.

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