quassia

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基本釋義

n.
苦木科植物，由苦木科植物采取的苦味液，苦木樹

英英釋義

Noun

  • 1. a bitter compound used as an insecticide and tonic and vermifuge; extracted from the wood and bark of trees of the genera Quassia and Picrasma

  • 2. 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

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