n. [ Russ. kvas'. ] A thin, sour beer, made by pouring warm water on rye or barley meal and letting it ferment, -- much used by the Russians. Called also kvass. [ written also kvass and quas. ] [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]
n. [ NL. From the name of a negro, Quassy, or Quash, who prescribed this article as a specific. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. quassine. See Quassia. ] (Chem.) The bitter principle of quassia, extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- formerly called quassite. [ Written also quassīin, and quassine. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
(n) 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, Syn.Quassia amara, bitterwood
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