A shrub or small tree (Quassia amara) native to tropical America; leaves pinnate; flowers tubular, red. It is cultivated for ornament, and for the bitter wood containing the chemical quassiin, used medicinally to counter dysentery. (Family: Simaroubaceae.)
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