genus quassia

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   tropical trees and shrubs with pinnate leaves and large scarlet flowers; bark is medicinal

   Broaderrosid dicot genus

   Part ofSimaroubaceae

Questions about genus quassia

What does genus quassia mean?

genus quassia means "tropical trees and shrubs with pinnate leaves and large scarlet flowers; bark is medicinal".

Is genus quassia a common word?

genus quassia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.