Толковый словарь английского языка - quassia
Quassia
quassia
noun Etymology: New Latin, genus name of a South American tree, from Quassi 18th century Surinam slave who discovered the medicinal value of ~ Date: 1770 a drug from the heartwood and bark of various tropical trees of the ailanthus family used especially as a bitter tonic and remedy for roundworms in children and as an insecticide
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n. 1 an evergreen tree, Quassia amara, native to S. America. 2 the wood, bark, or root of this tree, yielding a bitter medicinal tonic and insecticide. Etymology: G. Quassi, 18th-c. Surinam slave, who discovered its medicinal properties ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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