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- Quassia - n. - The wood of several tropical American trees of the order Simarubeae, as Quassia amara, Picraena excelsa, and Simaruba amara. It is intensely bitter, and is used in medicine and sometimes as a substitute for hops in making beer.
- Quassia - n. - The wood of several tropical American trees of the order Simarubeae, as Quassia amara, Picraena excelsa, and Simaruba amara. It is intensely bitter, and is used in medicine and sometimes as a substitute for hops in making beer.
- Bitterwood - n. - A West Indian tree (Picraena excelsa) from the wood of which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained.
- Multum - n. - An extract of quassia licorice, fraudulently used by brewers in order to economize malt and hops.