| 单词 | quassia |
| 释义 | Word Frequency quassia(ˈkwɒʃə) noun 1. any tree of the tropical American simaroubaceous genus Quassia, having bitter bark and wood 2. the bark and wood of Quassia amara and of a related tree, Picrasma excelsa, used in furniture making 3. a bitter compound extracted from this bark and wood, formerly used as a tonic and anthelmintic, now used in insecticides Word origin C18: from New Latin, named after Graman Quassi, a slave who discovered (1730) the medicinal value of the root |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含233703条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。