1.Definition: 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

Related Noun(s):quassia, quassia amara

Category: Plants

2.Definition: medium to large tree of tropical North and South America having odd-pinnate leaves and long panicles of small pale yellow flowers followed by scarlet fruits

Related Noun(s):paradise tree, simarouba glauca

Category: Plants

3.Definition: West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia

Related Noun(s):jamaica quassia, picrasma excelsa, picrasma excelsum

Category: Plants