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| has gloss | (noun) 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 quassia, Quassia amara, bitterwood |
| has gloss | eng: Quassia amara is a species in the genus Quassia, with some botanists treating it as the sole species in the genus. It is a shrub or rarely a small tree, growing to 3 m tall (rarely 8 m), native to Brazil. The leaves are compound and alternate, 15-25 cm long, and pinnate with 3-5 leaflets, the leaf rachis being winged. The flowers are produced in a panicle 15-25 cm long, each flower 2.5-3.5 cm long, bright red on the outside, and white inside. The fruit is a small drupe 1-1.5 cm long. Q. amara is widely planted outside its native range. |
| lexicalization | eng: bitterwood |
| lexicalization | eng: Quassia amara |
| lexicalization | eng: quassia |
| subclass of | (noun) any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste bitterwood tree |
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| German | |
| has gloss | deu: Der Bitterholz- oder Quassiabaum (Quassia amara) ist ein in Südamerika und Westafrika vorkommender Baum aus der Familie der Bittereschengewächse. Als Quassia werden sowohl der Baum als auch die aus dem Holz gewonnenen Extrakte bezeichnet. |
| lexicalization | deu: Bitterholzbaum |
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| lexicalization | epo: kvasio |
| Korean | |
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| lexicalization | kor: 그 쓴 액체 |
| lexicalization | kor: 소태나무과의 나무 |
| Lithuanian | |
| has gloss | lit: * Kartusis musmedis (, , ) - simarubinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, prieskoninis, vaistinis augalas, paplitęs Pietų Amerikoje. Iš jo gaminami maisto priedai (kvėpikliai). |
| lexicalization | lit: Kartusis musmedis |
| Dutch | |
| has gloss | nld: Bitterhout is het kernhout van Quassia amara, waarschijnlijk de enige soort in het genus Quassia. In de tropen is dit Zuid-Amerikaanse boompje veel aangeplant omdat het hout tegen malaria gebruikt werd. |
| lexicalization | nld: Bitterhout |
| Polish | |
| has gloss | pol: Gorzkla właściwa (inne nazwy: gorzknia właściwa, kwasja gorzka, gorzkodrzew właściwy, gorżciel właściwy, kwasja właściwa) (Quassia amara) – gatunek krzewu lub małego drzewa z rodziny biegunecznikowatych. Występuje w płn. części Brazylii i Gujanie, sadzona w Panamie, na Antylach i w krajach o gorącym klimacie Azji i Afryki. |
| lexicalization | pol: Gorzkla właściwa |
| Russian | |
| has gloss | rus: Квассия горькая — растение семейства Симарубовые, вид рода Квассия, произрастающее в Северной Бразилии и Гвиане. |
| lexicalization | rus: Квассия горькая |
| Turkish | |
| has gloss | tur: Acıağaç (Quassia amara), Simaroubaceae (sedefotugiller) familyasından 2-3 metre boyunda küçük bir bitki türü. |
| lexicalization | tur: Acıağaç |
| lexicalization | tur: acýaðaç |
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| member of | (noun) tropical trees and shrubs with pinnate leaves and large scarlet flowers; bark is medicinal genus Quassia |
| similar | e/Quassia amara |
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| media:img | Koeh-117.jpg |
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