quassia
quassia is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 31 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The wood of several tropical American trees of the order Simarubeæ, as Quassia amara, Picræna excelsa, and Simaruba amara. It is intensely bitter, and is used in medicine and sometimes as a substitute for hops in making beer.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- acerbity
- acrid
- acridity
- acrimonious
- acrimony
- amaritude
- and
- austerity
- bitter
- bitterness
- disgust
- fulsome
- gall
- loathsome
- nasty
- nauseate
- nauseous
- offensive
- pall
- repulsive
- rough
- roughness
- rue
- sicken
- sickening
- sour
- stomach
- the
- turn
- unpleasant
- wormwood
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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