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Quassia vs Quassin - What's the difference?

quassia | quassin |

As nouns the difference between quassia and quassin

is that quassia is any of several tropic trees, of the genus , having scarlet flowers while quassin is (organic compound) a very bitter triterpenoid lactone, extracted as white crystals from the quassia tree, used in traditional chinese medicine.

quassia

English

(wikipedia quassia) (wikispecies)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of several tropic trees, of the genus , having scarlet flowers.
  • The bitter substance quassin extracted from its bark.

    • quassin

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia quassin) (-)
  • (organic compound) A very bitter triterpenoid lactone, extracted as white crystals from the quassia tree, used in traditional Chinese medicine

    • Derived terms

    *quassinoid